page_title: List of Puerto Rican military personnel
section_title: 17th century, Puerto Rico as a Spanish Province
hierarchical_section_title: List of Puerto Rican military personnel / 17th century, Puerto Rico as a Spanish Province
caption_attribution_description: Español: La obra representa la recuperación de la Isla de Puerto Rico en 1625 por las tropas españolas a las órdenes de Juan de Haro y Sanvítores (1545-1631), gobernador de Puerto Rico y caballero de la Orden de Santiago.
context_page_description: Throughout history Puerto Ricans, including people of Puerto Rican descent, have gained notability as members of the military. They have served and have fought for many countries, such as Canada, Cuba, England, Mexico, Spain, the United States and Venezuela.
  Puerto Ricans have fought and defended their homeland against attacks from the Caribs and pirates. They fought against the invasions of foreign countries and defeated the British, French, and Dutch in doing so. They fought alongside General Bernardo de Gálvez during the American Revolutionary War in the battles of Baton Rouge, Mobile, Pensacola and St. Louis. and in Europe against the forces of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Siege of Saragossa.
  Puerto Ricans such as Augusto Rodríguez, who resided in the United States in the mid-19th century, fought in the American Civil War. They also fought against the Spanish Empire. They fought for Mexico's independence and in the Latin American wars of independence alongside Simón Bolívar. In Puerto Rico they revolted against Spanish rule and fought for Puerto Rico's independence in the Grito de Lares and in the Intentona de Yauco.
context_section_description: Juan de Amézqueta, Captain, Puerto Rican Militia. Defeated Captain Balduino Enrico (Boudewijn Hendricksz), who in 1625 was ordered by the Dutch to capture Puerto Rico.
caption: Battle of San Juan, 1625
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