Joaquín Camacho

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Gender: M
Ethnic origin: Unknown

Biographical details

The son of Francisco Camacho and Rosa Rodríguez de Lago. He married Marcelena Rodríguez Lago, of the Sanz de Santamaría family, on 13 June 1793. They had three children. A compañero of Camilo Torres and José Gregorio Gutiérrez, he was executed in Bogotá by the royalists on 31 August 1816 for his intellectual work. He was blind and almost paralysed and had to be helped to his execution by his compañero José Nicolás Rivas who was executed at the same time. (Monsalve, 152)

He attended the Nariño tertulias, Bogotá from around 1789 to 1794.

He read Feijóo. (Rodriguez, 37)

He attended the Bogotá celebrations to mark the defeat of the English in Buenos Aires in 1807. (Monsalve, 27)

He attended the pro-independence meetings at Camilo Torres's home. (Monsalve, 36)

Life Events

Other	1789	He attended the Nariño tertulias from around 1789-1794.
Married	1793	He married Marcelena Rodríguez Lago on 13 June 1793.
Other	1807	He attended the Bogotá celebrations of the defeat of the English in Buenos Aires.
Died	1816	He was executed by the royalists on 31 August 1816 in Bogotá.

References

Rodríguez O., Jaime E., (1998), The Independence of Spanish America

Monsalve, José D, (1926), Mujeres de la independencia

Forero, Manuel José, (1970), Grandes heroinas de Colombia, Doña Magdalena Ortega de Nariño, La Precursora

Publications

There is no writing by this subject in the database.

Links

Resource id #33 (6)

Resource id #37 (10)

Resource id #41 (28)

Resource id #45 (14)

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