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Jose de San Martin was born in February 25, 1778 in Yapeyu, Argentina
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He was the fifth and last son of Juan de San Martín a unsuccessful british soldier
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After moving to Madrid he could not get a promotion for the new job he had gotten
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He went to San Martín and enrolled in Málaga's school of temporalities, beginning his studies in 1785
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When he hit the required age of 11 he began a military career as a infantry unit
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San Martín took part in several Spanish campaigns in Africa, fighting in Melilla and in Oran against the Moors in 1791, among others.
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His rank was raised to Sub-Lieutenant in 1793, at the age of 15
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He continued to fight Portugal on the side of Spain in the War of the Oranges in 1801 and he was promoted to captain in 1804
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At the outbreak of the Peninsular War in 1808, San Martín was named adjutant of Francisco María Solano Ortiz de Rosas. Rosas, suspected of being an Afrancesado, was killed by a popular uprising
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He died August 17, 1850, of natural causes in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
