Feliciano Canaveris

Feliciano Canaveris
Birth name Feliciano Canaveris Denis
Born June 7, 1813
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died January, 1843
Tacuarembó, Uruguay
Allegiance Argentine ConfederationArgentine Confederation
Service/branch Argentine Navy
Years of service 1833-1835
Rank Captain
Unit Compañía de Artillería de Mar
Battles/wars Argentine Civil War
Uruguayan Civil War

Feliciano Canaveris (1813–1843) was an Argentine military officer. He participated in the civil wars in Argentina between the unitarios and the federales.[1] He was discharged from the Federal army in 1835,[2] being murdered years later in the Banda Oriental by order of Manuel Oribe.[3]

Personal life

Feliciano was baptized on June 8, 1813 in the Cathedral of Buenos Aires by the Presbyter Manuel V. Erézcano Azcuénaga, being his godmother Encarnación Canaveris (his aunt).[4] His parents were José Canaveris and Agustina Denis, born in the city of Buenos Aires. He was brother of Juan Manuel Canaveris, José María Canaveris and Patricia Canaveris (1811-1870s).[5]

His grandfather Juan de Canaveris was an Italian official, belonging to a distinguished family of the Alps, whose remote ancestors had inhabited various points of the counties of Italy and France dependent on the Holy Roman Empire.[6] Through his mother Feliciano Canaveris was a descendant of Anton Denis, an Irish immigrant, born in Limerick, Munster,[7] who had arrived in the Río de la Plata from Portugal in 1595.[8] His mother Agustina Denis, died in 1825 in Buenos Aires, and his father José Canaveris in October 1837 in the same city.[9] Feliciano was a cousin of Francisco Crespo y Denis, an Argentine military nobleman who participated in the War of Independence.[10]

Career

Canaveris was graduated from the Argentine Navy on October 2, 1833, serving as Second-lieutenant of artillery in the Compañía de Artillería de Mar,[11] a Naval artillery corps created by decree on December 1, 1830.[12] Canaveris made his entire military career in the Argentine Navy. In 1834 he was promoted to Lieutenant,[13] and was dismissed for political reasons on April 16, 1835.[14] His dismissal from the ranks of the Federal Army was by order of Juan Manuel de Rosas.[15]

Possibly Canaveris had political leanings towards the Unitarian Party. His brother Juan Manuel Canaveris belonged to sector of the Federal Party, known as "Lomos Negros", allied to Juan Ramón Balcarce.[16] In 1840 the authorities had given an arrest warrant against Feliciano Canaveris,[17] accusing him of wanting to leave Buenos Aires to join in the troops of Juan Lavalle.[18] After borrowing a horse, he escaped towards Entre Ríos with the intention to get to Uruguay and then to exile in Montevideo. He managed to cross the Uruguay River aboard a flatboat, and traveled in direction of Tacuarembó, where was ambushed and arrested by a group of soldiers.[19]

Lt. Feliciano Canaveris dies executed by order of General Manuel Oribe on January 1843 near Tacuarembó, Uruguay.[20] He was promoted to the rank of Captain time after his death.

References

  1. ↑ Montevideo: Apuntes históricos de la defensa de la república, Volume 1, Francisco Agustin Wright
  2. ↑ Registro Oficial, Volume 14, Buenos Aires (Argentina : Province)
  3. ↑ Rosas y sus opositores;, José Rivera Indarte
  4. ↑ Bautismos 1811-1819, Iglesia Nuestra Señora de La Merced
  5. ↑ Diario de sesiones de la Cámara de Diputados, Volume 2, Argentina. Congreso de la Nación. Cámara de Diputados de la Nación
  6. ↑ Memorie storico-diplomatiche, Delfino Muletti
  7. ↑ El censo más antiguo. La Gaceta.
  8. ↑ Censo nacional de población y vivienda, 1980:, República Argentina
  9. ↑ Registro oficial (de la provincia de Buenos Aires)., Buenos Aires province
  10. ↑ Revista de la Junta de Estudios Históricos de Mendoza, Junta de Estudios Históricos de Mendoza (Argentina),
  11. ↑ Nómina de oficiales navales argentinos, 1810-1900, Pablo E. Arguindeguy
  12. ↑ Recopilación de las leyes y decretos promulgados en Buenos Aires ..., Volume 2, Pedro de Angelis, Manuel Trelles
  13. ↑ Registro Oficial, Volumen 13, Buenos Aires (Argentina : Province
  14. ↑ Registro oficial de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires (Argentina : Province)
  15. ↑ Registro Oficial, Volumen 14, por Buenos Aires (Argentina : Province)
  16. ↑ Amalia ; novela histórica americana, José Mármol
  17. ↑ Indice del archivo del departemento general de policia, desde el ..., Volumen 2, Argentina
  18. ↑ La metamorfosis de San Isidro (2),1580-2004, Municipalidad de San Isidro, Jan 1, 2005
  19. ↑ Vida política de Juan Manuel de Rosas, a través de su correspondencia, Volumen 7, Julio Irazusta, Juan Manuel José Domingo Ortiz de Rosas
  20. ↑ Rosas y sus opositores, Nacional de Montevideo
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