AKA Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla

Born: 8-May-1753
Birthplace: Corralejos hacienda, Pénjamo, Guanajuato, Mexico
Died: 30-Jul-1811
Location of death: Chihuahua, Mexico
Cause of death: Execution
Remains: Buried, El �ngel de la Independencia, Mexico City, Mexico

Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Religion, Activist, Military

Nationality: Mexico
Executive summary: Father of Mexican independence

Military service: Generalissimo of rebel army (1810-11)

Priest and instigator of Mexican independence. At midnight on September 16, 1810 he rang his parish bell in the city of Dolores, Guanajuatao and called for the death of all Spaniards -- an act ceremoniously repeated annually by the current Mexican government. He subsequently raised armies for a free Mexico and swept through the central state of Guanajuato, causing the death of many Spaniards and his own excommunication from the Roman Catholic Church.

After an overwhelming defeat by royalist forces a tenth the size of his army, Hidalgo was relieved of command by Ignacio Allende. Their armies schismed and separated. While heading north to Tejas, Hidalgo and his men were captured by traitors.

Hidalgo was defrocked and executed by firing squad. The reigns of the rebellion fell to military leader Jose Maria Morelos, and Mexico would not see its independence for another decade.

Father: Cristóbal Hidalgo y Costilla (administrator of Corralejo hacienda, creole)
Mother: Ana Maria Gallaga
Daughter: (two, illegitimate)

    Theological: BA Theology, College of San Nicolas, Valladolid, New Spain (1773)
    Teacher: College of San Nicolas, Valladolid, New Spain (1776)

    Excommunicated 24-Sep-1810
    Shot: Firing Squad 30-Jul-1811
    Portrait on Mexican currency 1000 Peso Note, 10 Peso Coin (1950s)
    Asteroid Namesake 944 Hidalgo
    Creole Ancestry

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