10 facts about jose de San Martín

  • birth

    birth
    1778 Jose de San Martín, born February 25, 1778 and born in Yapeyu, Argentina witch has a total population of 2,124 people living there also has an elevation of 54m
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    military career

    From 1785 to 1789 he was educated at the Seminary of Nobles in Madrid, leaving there to begin his military career as a cadet in the Murcia.
  • moving

    moving
    1786 When San Martin was 8 he moved to spain. Once there he started an education and became friends with Chilean Bernardo O’Higgins.Chile Bernardo O’Higgins would latter in Son's life become a friendly liberatore in the South American revolution against Spanish rules.
  • captive

    captive
    1798 the British who held him captive for more than a year; and against the Portuguese in the War of the Oranges and was a bad time.
  • high tax

    high tax
    April 1 1811 Jose who was among the Latin American was ready for independence. The Latin American had to pay high taxes and had no freedom of speech.
  • the task

    the task
    1812, San Martin was given the task of organizing a corps of grenadiers against the Spanish royalists centred in Peru who threatened the revolutionary.
  • troops

    troops
    April 5, 1818 It took him more than a year to clear the country of royalist troops. He finally routed the principal remaining armies, about 5,000 people , on April 5, 1818, at the Battle of Maipu.
  • san martins army

    san martins army
    July 28, 1821 San Martin and his army then entered Lima, the independence of Peru was proclaimed on July 28, 1821, and the victorious revolutionary commander was made protector.
  • the meting

    the meting
    July 26 1822 the two generals met on July 26 1822 in guayaquil where bolivar took control we passed them and could hear there discussion so it was unknown but they head back and Jose was disappointed.
  • died

    died
    1850 In Argentina died August 17, 1850, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France and died as an Argentine soldier, statesman, and national hero who helped lead the revolution against Spanish.