José María Morelos

José María Morelos
José María Morelos
	A paintin o José María Morelos
Born	30 September 1765; Ceety o Valladolid (nou Morelia, Michoacán)
Dee'd	22 December 1815 (aged 50); San Cristóbal Ecatepec, State o México
Years o service	1810-1815
Rank	Caiptain general
Battles/wars	Mexican War o Unthirldom Siege o Cuautla Battle o Escamela;

José María Teclo Morelos y Pavón (30 September 1765, Ceety o Valladolid, nou Morelia, Michoacán – 22 December 1815,^[1] San Cristóbal Ecatepec, State ofi México) wis a Mexican Roman Catholic priest an revolutionary rebel leader who led the Mexican War o Unthirldom muivement, assumin its leadership efter the execution o Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1811. He wis later captured bi the Spainyie colonial authorities an executit for traison in 1815.

References

↑ Dates and other biographical information in this article are drawn from Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography 1887-89.

Gustavo Watson Marron, director of the historical archive of the archdiocese, cited in El Universal, 31 August 2009