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Feliciano Canaveris
Birth name Feliciano Canaveris Denis
Born June 8, 1813
Died January, 1843
Place of birth Buenos Aires
Place of death Uruguay
Allegiance Unitarian Party
Years of service 1830-1843
Rank Captain
Battles/wars Argentine Civil War

Feliciano Canaveris (1813-1843) was an Argentine military officer. He participated civil wars in Argentina between the unitarios and the federales.[1]

Personal life[]

Canaveris was born June 8, 1813 in Buenos Aires, the son of José Canaveris and Agustina Denis. Feliciano by maternal side was descendant of Anton Denis, who was born in Ireland in Limerick, Munster and arrived in the port of Buenos Aires from Portugal in 1595.[2]

Career[]

In 1830, Canaveris was made Second Lieutenant of Artillery.[3] Canaveris had become a captain by 1840 when he was suspected of belonging to the Unitarian Party, the authorities in Buenos Aires, had given an arrest warrant against him. He escaped towards Uruguay with the intention of enlisting in the army of General Juan Lavalle.[4] Rode towards to Tacuarembó, where was ambushed by a group of Argentine federales, and was arrested. In January 1843, Feliciano Canaveris dies executed by order of General Manuel Oribe.[5]

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