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Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

Father of the Mexican Nation and leader of the Cry of Dolores

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla was a Mexican Catholic priest who led the early phase of the Mexican War of Independence and is recognized as the Father of the Nation.[1] He was born on 8 May 1753 and executed on 30 July 1811.[1] His uprising on 16 September 1810, known as the Cry of Dolores, called people to revolt against the current government in the name of King Ferdinand VII.[2][3]

Quick Facts

Born
8 May 1753
Died
30 July 1811
Birthplace
Pénjamo, Nueva Galicia, Viceroyalty of New Spain
Place of death
Chihuahua, Nueva Vizcaya, Viceroyalty of New Spain
Cause of death
Execution by firing squad
Burial place
Ángel de la Independencia, Mexico City
Birth name
Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla Gallaga Mandarte y Villaseñor
Allegiance
Mexico

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

He studied at the Colegio de San Nicolás and was ordained as a priest in 1778.[4][5] On 16 September 1810, Hidalgo gave the Cry of Dolores, sparking the independence rebellion.[2][6] His troops were poorly armed and lacked training, leading to defeat at the Battle of Calderón Bridge.[7] Cristóbal Hidalgo y Costilla Espinoza de los Monteros and Ana María Gallaga Mandarte Villaseñor, both criollos, had Miguel Hidalgo as their second child.[8]

Following the Battle of Calderón Bridge, Hidalgo retreated northward; however, he was betrayed, taken captive, and put to death.[7]

What the cited sources add

The Open Library edition record for ISBN 9684520506 lists "BIOGRAFIAS DE MEXICANOS DISTINGUIDOS" as a Porrua publication with a date of Jan 01, 2010.[9]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Videoteca Educativa de las Américas" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Mexico: From Independence to Revolution, 1810–1910, edited by W. Dirk Raat, p. 21; Harrington, Patricia, "Mother of Death, Mother of Rebirth: The Mexican Virgin of Guadalupe", Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Spring 1988, p. 25–50 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Sosa, "Biografias de Mexicanos Distinguidos", Editorial Porrua SA, 1985, p. 288–292; Vázquez Gómez, "Dictionary of Mexican Rulers, 1325–1997", Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 1997 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Biografía de Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla"; Lea, "Hidalgo and Morelos", The American Historical Review, 1899, p. 636–651; "I Parte: Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753–1811)"; "Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla", Mexico Desconocido; Kirkwood, "History of Mexico", Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated, 2000; "I Parte: Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753–1811)" (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla", Mexico Desconocido; Tuck, "Miguel Hidalgo: The Father Who Fathered a Country (1753–1811)"; Virginia Guedea, "Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla" in Encyclopedia of Mexico, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn 1997, p. 640 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Garrad, "Latin America in the Modern World", Oxford University Press, 2023, p. 22–23 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Minster, Christopher. Mexican War of Independence: The Battle of Calderon Bridge (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: de la Fuente, "Arbol genealógico de la familia Hidalgo y Costilla: biografía y genealogía del benemérito cura de Dolores D. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla", E. Rivera, 1910; Marley, "Mexico at War: From the Struggle for Independence to the 21st-Century Drug Wars: From the Struggle for Independence to the 21st-Century Drug Wars", ABC-CLIO, 2014, p. 168; Noll McMahon 1910, p. 12; Noll McMahon 1910, p. 12 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Open Library record, ISBN 9684520506 ("BIOGRAFIAS DE MEXICANOS DISTINGUIDOS"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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