The Argentine heroes Most important are all those Argentine military and politicians who stood out actively in the struggle for the independence of this nation Against the Spanish Empire And which also contributed to the independence of neighboring nations.
The most relevant politicians of the first years of the nation can also be considered heroes.
In 1810, the Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata declared its secession of the Spanish Empire in what is known as the May Revolution, which sought to restore the rights of Ferdinand VII, Spanish king who had lost the throne following the Napoleonic invasion of the Peninsula Iberian
With the recovery of the monarchy in Spain, the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata became a republic that fought actively for its independence.
At present, Argentina is an independent and sovereign country, to a great extent, by the work that made the heroes of independence in the early nineteenth century.
The main 10 heroes of Argentina
1- José de San Martín
He was born in 1778. Considered the father of the country of the Argentine Nation, the general José de San Martín Has been classified as one of the two liberators of the American continent, along with Simon Bolivar .
It made important military movements in Argentina to guarantee the independentista course and also, it undertook campaigns of continental relevance to independence to Chile and Peru.
He, together with O'Higgins, obtained the freedom of Chile and Peru, later delegating the struggle in Bolivar and retiring to Europe where he would die in 1850.
2- Manuel Belgrano
He was born in Buenos Aires in 1770. He was a military man, politician and statesman from Rio de Janeiro. Its commitment to the independentista process is from its beginnings, because it faced the British invasions to Buenos Aires of 1806 and 1807.
It promoted the independence of the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata in the May Revolution and fought with the armies to consolidate it.
Its name transcends because in 1812 it created the Argentine flag in the city of Rosario. He commanded the Army of the North and managed to sign a confederal treaty with Paraguay for his emancipation. He died in 1820.
Cornelio Saavedra
He was born in Otuyo in 1759. At the beginning of his life, he worked as a merchant, but later became known for his role of combat against the English invasions of Buenos Aires.
Its name was consolidated when it participated actively in the Revolution of May, that founded to the United Provinces of the River of the Silver. Saavedra presided over the First Triumvirate of government.
Subsequently, it was overthrown and replaced by the Junta Grande, after it was impossible for the Junta to regain control of Paraguay. He died in 1829.
4 - Juan José Castelli
He was born in Buenos Aires in 1764. He was a lawyer and politician from Rio de Janeiro. His entire professional career was guided by the goal of emancipation.
This materialized in the ironical support that showed for the concretion of the Revolution of May. For this reason, Juan Jose Castelli is known as El Orator de Mayo.
In addition, Castelli was one of the six members of the First Board that was formed in Buenos Aires in 1810. Supervised the execution of the exvirrey Santiago de Liniers. He died in 1812.
5- Bernardino Rivadavia
He was born in Buenos Aires in 1780. He was a Rio de Janeiro politician, who fervently supported the May Revolution. He served as First Triumvirate and later served as Minister of Government and Foreign Affairs.
He forced the creation of the post of President of the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata, of which he was the first occupant, in 1825.
He would only hold the presidency for a year, being forced to resign and leaving to exile in Spain, where he would die in 1845.
6- Martín de Güemes
Martín Miguel de Güemes Goyechea was born Salta in 1785. It can be classified as one of the strongest and most combative military that led the Argentine independence process.
He served for six years the governorship of Salta, from which he carried out numerous battles against realistic troops and even, at the end of his life, in the civil war.
Also, the general of Güemes carried out an expedition to the Upper Peru. The general passed away wounded of bullet in the gorge of Horqueta in 1821.
7- Guillermo Brown
Not only did Argentineans by birth have a leading role in Argentine independence. Admiral William Brown, was born William Brown in Foxford, Ireland, in 1777.
In 1810 he arrived in Buenos Aires, where he observed all the events of the May Revolution and dedicated his life to the cause of national independence.
He fought the Eastern Province in various clashes and consolidated as a referent for the Argentine navy, which is now considered his father. Subsequently, he fought against the Empire of Brazil. Brown died in Buenos Aires in 1857.
8- Juan Bautista Alberdi
He was born in San Miguel de Tucumán in 1810, the year of the May Revolution. Alberdi was a civilian first of all, and his works in the area of law, literature, music, writing and politics stand out.
In life was opposed to the caudillo Juan Manuel de Rosas. For this reason, he was forced to exile to Uruguay, where he raised his constitutional ideas and worked as a lawyer.
Finally, in 1852 after the fall of Rosas began to write legal texts that gave rise to the Argentine Constitution that would be approved the following year, in 1853. He died in France in 1884.
9- Juan Manuel de Rosas
He was an Argentine military and politician, who was born in Buenos Aires in 1793. As a teenager, he observed all the events of the May Revolution and later but did not participate in them.
However, little by little it was increasing its power and in 1820 began to dedicate itself to the policy. He would exercise as the almighty governor of Buenos Aires from 1829 to 1832 and later from 1835 to 1852.
De Rosas became a caudillo, having participated in the Argentine civil wars of the nineteenth century.
After being defeated militarily, Juan Manuel de Rosas is exiled in England, where it dies in 1877.
10- Bartolomé Miter
He was born in 1821 in Buenos Aires. Miter became one of the first Argentine politicians born in an independent country. He developed part of his life in Montevideo, where his family was exiled.
There he had the opportunity to meet the father of the Italian homeland, Giuseppe Garibaldi. After the fall of de Rosas returned to Argentina where finally in 1860 would exercise the governorship of Buenos Aires.
Bartolomé Miter was elected president of Argentina in 1862 with a motto: nation, constitution and freedom. He would be president until 1868 and died in Buenos Aires in 1906.
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