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José de San Martín: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born February 25, 1778 • Argentina
Died August 17, 1850 (aged 72) • Boulogne • France
Role In Napoleonic Wars • wars of independence

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José de San Martín
Painting by Ballerini of General Jose de San Martin on horseback leading his army across the Andes mountains in 1817, with troops following through a vast mountain pass.
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Manuel Belgrano
Manuel Belgrano
Argentine military leader
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Diego de Almagro
Spanish conquistador
Moreno, portrait by an unknown artist; in the National Historical Museum, Buenos Aires
Mariano Moreno
Argentine patriot
Simón Bolívar
Simón Bolívar
Venezuelan soldier and statesman
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Bernardo O’Higgins
Chilean head of state
José Gervasio Artigas
José Gervasio Artigas
Uruguayan revolutionary
Valdivia, detail of an engraving
Pedro de Valdivia
Spanish conqueror
Prescott, William H
William H. Prescott
American historian
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Manuel de Godoy
prime minister of Spain
José Miguel Carrera
José Miguel Carrera
Chilean leader
Miguel Ricardo de Álava y Esquivel, detail from the Battle of Vitoria monument in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
Miguel Ricardo de Álava y Esquivel
Spanish soldier and statesman
Juan Perón
Juan Perón
president of Argentina
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Jorge Rafael Videla
president of Argentina
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Justo José de Urquiza
president of Argentina
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre
president of Argentina
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José Félix Uriburu
Argentine soldier and statesman
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Agustín Pedro Justo
president of Argentina
Painting by Jakob Seisenegger showing Emperor Charles V in ornate Renaissance attire standing beside a large hunting dog, with a green curtain in the background.
Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
Francisco Franco in military uniform and cap, looking slightly to the side in an undated black and white portrait.
Francisco Franco
ruler of Spain
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish explorer

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