y Pardo 1708 Gaspar de Sierra 1709 Manuel de Bustamante (First time) 1709 Francisco Ballesteros 1710–1712 Pedro Gutiérrez de Mier y Terán 1712 Fernando del Monge (First time) 1712–1714 Melchor Sardo de Céspedes 1714–1719 Manuel de Bustamante (Second time) 1720 Carlos Vélez y Arriaga 1720 José Damián Fernández de Córdoba 1721–1724 José Damián Cruz de Córdob 1725–1728 Martín José de Bustamante 1728–1730 Antonio Varela y Moreno 1730 Gabriel Francisco Laguna 1731 Fernando del Monge (Second time) 1732–1737 Pedro José Caballero 1734 Antonio de la Unquera y Cevallos 1735–1736 Gabriel Francisco Laguna 1737 Miguel Fernández Romero 1737 Baltazar González de Vega 1738–1743 Antonio Zuazua y Mújica 1744–1746 Juan Bautista Garracín 1746–1751 Francisco Ángel de Elías 1752 Juan José Bocanegra 1753–1754 José Ángel Toledo 1755–1758 Manuel Ortiz 1758 Miguel Ignacio Viurrum 1759–1760 Antonio de Obeso 1761–1765 Joaquín Fernández Prieto Isla y Bustamante 1765–1767 Tomás de Murga 1767–1768 Fernando Gómez de Andrade Alcaldes Mayores of Ciudad Real 1770–1772 Esteban Gutiérrez de la Torre 1772–1785 Cristóbal Ortiz de Avilés 1785 Ignacio Coronado 1786 Antonio Gutiérrez de Arce 1786 Alonso de Vargas Alcaldes Mayores of Tuxtla 1769–1777 Juan de Oliver 1778–1783 Luis de Engrava y Ovalle 1783–1786 Miguel del Pino y Martínez Governor-Intendants of Chiapas 1786–1789 Francisco Saavedra Carbajal 1789–1794 Agustín de las Cuentas y Zayas 1794 Francisco Durán 1794 Luis Martínez 1795 Tomás Mollinedo 1796–1802 Antonio Norberto Serrano Polo 1802–1807 Manuel de Olazábal 1807 Mariano Valero 1807–1809 Tomás de Mollinedo y Villavicencio 1809 Manuel Junquito y Baquerizo (First time) 1810 Manuel Ramírez 1811–1814 Manuel Junquito y Baquerizo (Second time) 1814 Juan Nepomuceno Batres 1814 Antonio Gutiérrez de Arce 1815 Gregorio Suasnávar 1816 Juan Antonio López 1817–1818 Juan María de Ancheita 1819 Carlos Castañón 1819–1821 Juan Nepomuceno Batres Province of Nicaragua 1502 Coast of Nicaragua discovered by Christopher Columbus. 1522 First settlements established. 1522–1538 Subordinated to Audiencia of Santo Domingo; ruled by governors. 1524 León founded. 1538–1544 Subordinated to the Real Audiencia of Panama. 1544 Part of the Kingdom of Guatemala. 1552 Governorship demoted to Alcaldía Mayor. 1566 Governorship reestablished. 1661 – 12 September 1861 British Protectorate over the tribal Mosquito Coast. 21 August 1685 – 14 September 1685 León captured by pirates under William Dampier. 23 December 1786 Intendencia of León (including Costa Rica) created. 15 September 1821 Declaration of independence from Spain of the Kingdom of Guatemala as part of Mexican Independence (Acta de Nublados). 28 September 1821 León, while awaiting developments with