Capture of the Alhóndiga de Granaditas

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battle event in the Mexican War of Independence military engagement

The Capture of the Alhóndiga de Granaditas was an early and symbolically important insurgent victory in 1810, when Miguel Hidalgo’s rebel forces seized a fortified granary in Guanajuato during the opening phase of Mexico’s struggle for independence from Spain.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Capture of Guanajuato	2
Siege of Guanajuato (1810)	1
Toma de la Alhóndiga de Granaditas	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ event in the Mexican War of Independence ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Capture of the Alhóndiga de Granaditas ⓘ surface form: Toma de la Alhóndiga de Granaditas
associatedWith	early insurgent campaign in the Bajío region ⓘ popular uprising against Spanish rule ⓘ
belongsToNarrative	Mexican national independence narrative ⓘ
buildingTypeCaptured	granary ⓘ
cause	insurgent advance into central Mexico ⓘ royalist attempt to hold Guanajuato as a stronghold ⓘ
combatant	insurgent forces ⓘ royalist forces ⓘ
commander	Ignacio Allende ⓘ Juan José de los Reyes Martínez Amaro ⓘ Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla ⓘ
commanderAlias	El Pípila ⓘ
conflict	Mexican War of Independence ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ
date	1810 ⓘ
era	Spanish colonial period in Mexico ⓘ
follows	outbreak of the Mexican War of Independence ⓘ
fortificationStatus	fortified colonial warehouse ⓘ
hasParticipant	Mexican insurgent militias ⓘ Spanish royalist troops ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ
languageOfName	Spanish ⓘ
location	Alhóndiga de Granaditas ⓘ Guanajuato ⓘ Guanajuato ⓘ surface form: Guanajuato City Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
memorializedBy	Mexican historical narratives of independence ⓘ monuments in Guanajuato ⓘ
objective	capture of royalist stronghold in Guanajuato ⓘ seizure of a fortified granary ⓘ
outcome	fall of royalist garrison in Guanajuato ⓘ insurgent control of Guanajuato ⓘ
partOf	early phase of the Mexican War of Independence ⓘ
precededBy	Grito de Independencia ⓘ surface form: Grito de Dolores
relatedPlace	Alhóndiga de Granaditas ⓘ surface form: Alhóndiga de Granaditas museum
result	insurgent victory ⓘ
side	Mexican insurgents ⓘ Spanish colonial authorities ⓘ
significance	early insurgent victory in the Mexican War of Independence ⓘ symbolically important triumph over Spanish colonial rule ⓘ
typeOfVictory	symbolic victory ⓘ tactical victory ⓘ
year	1810 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Capture of the Alhóndiga de Granaditas → alsoKnownAs → Capture of the Alhóndiga de Granaditas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Toma de la Alhóndiga de Granaditas

Querétaro conspiracy of 1810 → chronologicallyPrecedes → Capture of the Alhóndiga de Granaditas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Guanajuato (1810)

Battle of Calderón Bridge → precededBy → Capture of the Alhóndiga de Granaditas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Capture of Guanajuato

Battle of Monte de las Cruces → precededBy → Capture of the Alhóndiga de Granaditas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Capture of Guanajuato

Mexican War of Independence → significantBattle → Capture of the Alhóndiga de Granaditas ⓘ