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Women and Independence in Latin America An exploration of women's involvement in the Latin American Wars of Independence |
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Women and Independence in Latin America An exploration of women's involvement in the Latin American Wars of Independence |
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 Route to exile |
Gender:Male
Ethnic origen: White
Events:
| 1788 | - | San Juan | - | Not applicable | - | He was born here and baptised on 1 August 1788 |
| 1804-1808 | - | Córdoba | - | Unknown | - | He went to the Universidad Mayor de San Carlos, Córdoba from 1804-1808. |
| 1808-1810? | - | Santiago de Chile | - | Unknown | - | He visited here around 1808-1810. |
| 1810-1813 | - | Buenos Aires | - | Patriot | - | He was here from 1810-1813, met San Martín and joined the patriots. |
| 1811-1813 | - | Buenos Aires | - | Unknown | - | He participated in Buenos Aires cabildo sessions from 1811-1813. |
| 1815-1820 | - | San Juan | - | Unknown | - | He was governor of San Juan from 1815 to 20. |
| 1816 | - | San Juan | - | Unknown | - | He established a school (for boys?) on 22 April 1816 in San Juan. |
| 1817 | - | San Juan | - | Unknown | - | He married María del Tránsito de Oro on 12 January 1817. |
| 1820 | - | La Rioja | - | Unknown | - | He was imprisoned and sentenced to exile in La Rioja. |
| 1820 | - | Mendoza | - | Unknown | - | He fled here after escaping from prison in La Rioja (around 1820). |
| 1821 | - | Lima | - | Unknown | - | He joined San Martín here in 1821. |
| 1839 | - | Trujillo | - | Unknown | - | His death is given variously as 1834 and 9 October 1839. He died in Santiago de Cao near Trujillo. |
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Chilean exiles (Mendoza)Biography:
Baptised on 1 August 1788, in San Juan de la Frontera, Argentina, he entered the Universidad Mayor de San Carlos, Córdoba, in 1804. He graduated as Licenciado y Doctor en Jurisprudencia on 10 March 1808. He went to Santiago de Chile (around 1808). He was in Buenos Aires in 1810 where he met San Martín and joined the patriots. He took part in the Buenos Aires cabildo sessions from 1811 to 1813. (Guerrero, 15-42)
He promoted popular education. He established his first Escuela de la Patria, on 22 April 1816. Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was among the pupils at one of his schools. (Guerrero, 103-111) He read Rousseau's Social Contract. (Guerrero, 166)
He was governor of San Juan from 1815 to 1820. He married María Tránsito de Oro in 1817. He was imprisoned in January 1820 and condemned to death for his support of the independence cause. This was reduced to exile to La Rioja. He escaped his La Rioja prison and fled to Mendoza, and from there continued to Peru where he joined San Martín outside Lima. (Guerrero, 305-309)
A school in San Juan was named after him in 1865. (Guerrero, 353)
His death is given variously as 1834 and 9 October 1839.
References:
Guerrero, Cesar H (1981) José Ignacio de la Roza, Un apostol de la libertad