Francisco de Miranda

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Venezuelan politician human independence leader military officer revolutionary

Francisco de Miranda was a Venezuelan revolutionary and precursor of Latin American independence whose military and diplomatic efforts helped lay the groundwork for the liberation of Spanish American colonies.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sebastián Francisco de Miranda y Rodríguez de Espinoza	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Venezuelan politician ⓘ human ⓘ independence leader ⓘ military officer ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ
arrestedBy	Spanish authorities ⓘ
birthDate	1750-03-28 ⓘ
birthPlace	Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ Caracas ⓘ
causeOfDeath	illness in prison ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Simón Bolívar University (originally Universidad Nacional Experimental Simón Rodríguez y Francisco de Miranda) memorials ⓘ name on the Arc de Triomphe ⓘ statues in Caracas ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Spain ⓘ Venezuela ⓘ
deathDate	1816-07-14 ⓘ
deathPlace	Cadiz ⓘ surface form: Cádiz San Fernando Prison ⓘ Spain ⓘ
familyName	Miranda ⓘ
founded	First Republic of Venezuela ⓘ
givenName	Francisco ⓘ
ideology	liberalism ⓘ republicanism ⓘ
influenced	Latin American independence leaders ⓘ Simón Bolívar ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
metWith	Alexander Hamilton ⓘ Catherine II of Russia ⓘ surface form: Catherine the Great George Washington ⓘ Thomas Jefferson ⓘ William Pitt the Younger ⓘ
militaryRank	colonel ⓘ
movement	Latin American independence movements ⓘ surface form: Latin American independence movement Venezuelan War of Independence ⓘ surface form: Venezuelan independence movement
name	Francisco de Miranda self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sebastián Francisco de Miranda y Rodríguez de Espinoza
notableFor	Latin American independence movements ⓘ surface form: Spanish American wars of independence Venezuelan independence movement ⓘ precursor of Latin American independence ⓘ
occupation	diplomat ⓘ politician ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ soldier ⓘ
participatedIn	American Revolutionary War ⓘ French Revolution ⓘ French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ Latin American independence movements ⓘ surface form: Spanish American wars of independence
positionHeld	Generalissimo of Venezuela ⓘ Supreme Chief of the State of Venezuela ⓘ
servedIn	Spanish Army ⓘ
traveledTo	Catherine II of Russia ⓘ surface form: Catherine the Great's court France ⓘ Great Britain ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Prussia ⓘ Russia ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Latin American independence movements → hasLeader → Francisco de Miranda ⓘ

Venezuelan War of Independence → keyFigure → Francisco de Miranda ⓘ

Francisco de Miranda → name → Francisco de Miranda self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sebastián Francisco de Miranda y Rodríguez de Espinoza

First Republic of Venezuela → notableLeader → Francisco de Miranda ⓘ