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In this
Spanish name
, the first or paternal
surname
is
Castellanos
and the second or maternal family name is
Cortes
.
Victoriano Castellanos Cortes
(1795?1862) was
President
of
Honduras
from 4 February 1862 to 4 December 1862.
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[2]
Victoriano Castellanos Cortes
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Born
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1796-03-23
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March 23, 1796
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Died
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1862-12-11
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December 11, 1862
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Occupation
| President of the Honduras
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Biography
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Victoriano Castellanos Corte was born in
Santa Rosa de Copan
on 23 March 1795.
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He was educated by the
Catholic
parish priest
Pedro Antonio Pineda, and worked as a
miner
before becoming a
politician
.
On 3 February 1860, he was elected
Vice President of Honduras
, the president being the General
Jose Santos Guardiola
, who was killed in
Comayagua
on 11 January 1862 by his own Presidential Guard. Mr. Victoriano became the provisional president of the nation on February 4 of that year,
[2]
in the town of
Guarita
, today part of the Department of Lempira. When returning from traveling in the
Republic of El Salvador
, he transferred the
capital
of the Honduras from Comaguya to Santa Rosa. The Government House was situated on the opposite corner of the Central Market, on the North side. After some time passed as president, he decided to move the capital back to Comayagua.
In addition to Decree No. 3 in which it is ordered that the nation should be called "Republic of Honduras" instead of the State of Honduras, he also signed other decrees which created the Department of Islas de la Bahia (Bay Islands). He ordered the construction of schools in the cities of
Danli
and another in
Tegucigalpa
.
Castellanos died on 11 December 1862
[1]
in Comayagua.
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