Cornelio Saavedra

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Cornelio Saavedra was an Argentine military and political leader who served as the president of the Primera Junta, playing a key role in the early stages of Argentina’s independence movement.

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Cornelio Saavedra canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
military officer
politician
revolutionary
birthDate 1759-09-15
birthPlace Charcas
Otuyo
Viceroyalty of Peru
causeOfDeath natural causes
commanded Regimiento de Patricios
commemoratedBy Avenida Cornelio Saavedra (various locations in Argentina)
monuments and busts in Argentina
neighborhood of Saavedra in Buenos Aires
countryOfCitizenship Argentina
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
deathDate 1829-03-29
deathPlace Buenos Aires
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
ethnicGroup Spanish American
familyName Saavedra
fullName Cornelio Judas Tadeo de Saavedra y Rodríguez
givenName Cornelius
surface form: Cornelio
hasOccupation politician
public official
soldier
hasRelative Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez (grandson)
historicalPeriod Argentine War of Independence
surface form: Argentine War of Independence era

late colonial period of the Río de la Plata
honorificTitle Brigadier General (posthumous recognition)
languageSpoken Spanish
memberOf Cabildo of Buenos Aires
surface form: Buenos Aires Cabildo
militaryRank colonel
movement Argentine War of Independence
surface form: Argentine independence movement
nativeLanguage Spanish
notableEvent defense of Buenos Aires during British invasions
presidency of the Primera Junta in 1810
notableRole leader in the early stages of Argentina’s independence movement
notableWork leadership in the May Revolution of 1810
participatedIn British invasions of the Río de la Plata
May Revolution Day
surface form: May Revolution
positionHeld colonel of militias
member of the Primera Junta
president of the Primera Junta
regionOfActivity Buenos Aires
Río de la Plata
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Buenos Aires
sexOrGender male

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