Calixto García

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Calixto García was a prominent Cuban general and revolutionary leader who played a major role in Cuba’s 19th-century wars for independence from Spain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cuban revolutionary
human
military officer
burialPlace Colón Cemetery
surface form: Cementerio de Colón

Havana, Cuba
surface form: Havana
causeOfDeath pneumonia
countryOfCitizenship Captaincy General of Cuba
Cuba
dateOfBirth 1839-08-04
dateOfDeath 1898-12-11
era 19th century
ethnicGroup Cuban
familyName García
fieldOfWork military strategy
revolutionary warfare
givenName Calixto
hasOccupation revolutionary leader
soldier
hasPart military expeditions in eastern Cuba
service as a general in the Cuban Liberation Army
hasRelative Calixto García Íñiguez Municipality (named in his honor)
honorificAfter Calixto García Íñiguez Airport
Céspedes Park
surface form: Parque Calixto García
languageSpoken Spanish
militaryRank general
movement Cuban War of Independence
surface form: Cuban independence movement
namedAfter Calixto García Íñiguez Airport
nativeLanguage Spanish
notableFor attempted suicide to avoid capture by Spanish forces
coordination with U.S. forces during the Spanish–American War
leadership in Cuba's wars of independence from Spain
notableWork military campaigns for Cuban independence
opponent Spanish Empire
participantIn Cuban War of Independence
surface form: Cuban War of 1895–1898

Cuban War of Independence
Little War
Ten Years' War
partOf Cuban Liberation Army
placeOfBirth Captaincy General of Cuba
Holguín, Cuba
surface form: Holguín
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C.
politicalAlignment Cuban nationalism
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Cuba
sexOrGender male
significantEvent role in the siege of Santiago de Cuba (1898)

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Cuban War of Independence keyFigure Calixto García
Holguín, Cuba nearbyMunicipality Calixto García