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Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla Gallaga Mandarte y Villaseñor [4] (8 May 1753 – 30 July 1811), commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or simply Miguel Hidalgo (Spanish pronunciation: [miˈɣel iˈðalɣo]), was a Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican War of Independence, and is recognized as the Father of the Nation.
He is mostly known for his capture of insurgent leaders Miguel Hidalgo, Ignacio Allende, José Mariano Jiménez, and Juan Aldama at the Wells of Baján, Coahuila in 1811. Initially a supporter of Mexican independence who converted to the royalist cause, Elizondo is sometimes compared to the American Benedict Arnold. In 1813, after a successful ...
The insurrection had begun in the nearby town of Dolores, led by Miguel Hidalgo, a criollo priest born in Pénjamo. He soon moved to the city of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, where the Spanish barricaded themselves–along with plenty of silver and other riches–in a grain warehouse known as the Alhóndiga de Granaditas .
The Cry of Dolores [n 1] (Spanish: Grito de Dolores) occurred in Dolores, Mexico, on 16 September 1810, when Roman Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang his church bell and gave the call to arms that triggered the Mexican War of Independence. The Cry of Dolores is most commonly known by the locals as "El Grito de Independencia" (The ...
The insurgents fled north where, in Pabellón de Hidalgo, Hidalgo was divested of his military command in favour of Allende. [13] In March they received an invitation by the New Leonese general Ignacio Elizondo to meet at the Wells of Baján ( Norias de Baján ) in Coahuila , hoping they would be able to buy weapons in the United States .
Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla: Chief instigator of independence in 1810 and "Father of the Nation". Father José María Morelos y Pavón: Skilled general and leader of the independence movement after Hidalgo's execution. Ignacio Allende: Lieutenant general of the insurgent army and later rebel leader. Juan Aldama: A rebel captain and ...
Among them was the priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, formerly the rector the seminary in Michoacan to train priests, now exiled to the small village of Dolores as its parish priest. In September 1810 he issued what is known in Mexican history as the Grito de Dolores , denouncing bad government of the Spaniards, loyalty to the Virgin of ...
Ignacio José de Allende y Unzaga (US: / ɑː ˈ j ɛ n d eɪ,-d i /, [1] [2] UK: / æ ˈ-, aɪ ˈ ɛ n-/, [3] [4] Spanish: [iɣˈnasjo aˈʝende]; January 21, 1769 – June 26, 1811), commonly known as Ignacio Allende, was a captain of the Spanish Army in New Spain who came to sympathize with the Mexican independence movement.