Aparicio Saravia
Aparicio Saravia da Rosa (born August 16, 1856 in Pablo Páez near Santa Clara de Olimar in the Cerro Largo Department , Uruguay ; † September 10, 1904 in Carovi , Brazil ) was a Uruguayan military and politician .
Aparicio Saravia was born the fourth of thirteen children to the Brazilian Francisco Saraiva and Propicia Da Rosa . At the age of 14 he took part in the Revolución de las Lanzas , which was directed against the government of Lorenzo Batlle , from 1870 to 1872 . He was a member of the Partido Nacional and in the Uruguayan civil war 1903/04 revolutionary leader ( Caudillo ) of the Blancos against the Colorado government. He was also involved with his brother Gumercindo Saravia in the Riograndens revolutionary movement of 1893. Saravia died on September 10, 1904 at 1:35 p.m. on a Brazilian estancia as a result of being shot in the stomach from right to left at the Battle of Masoller on September 1, 1904. His great-great-grandson Villanueva Saravia (1964-1998) was also active as a politician.
literature
- JOHN CHARLES CHASTEEN: Heroes a caballo. Los hermanos Saravia y su frontera insurgente . Aguilar, 2001, ISBN 9974-671-23-X .
Web links
- Biography on www.biografiasyvidas.com (Spanish)
- Extensive biography (spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Mansavillagra, crónica histórica del pago", p.89 Alcides Olivera
- ^ Latin America's Wars: The age of the caudillo, 1791-1899 , p.501 by Robert L. Scheina
- ↑ a b 16 de agosto de 1856: nace Aparicio Saravia ( Memento from January 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish) at www.uruguayeduca.edu.uy, accessed on October 30, 2013
- ↑ Mansavillagra, crónica histórica del pago , p.89 by Alcides Olivera
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SURNAME | Saravia, Aparicio |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Saravia da Rosa, Aparicio |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Uruguayan military and politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1856 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | near Santa Clara de Olimar , Cerro Largo Department , Uruguay |
DATE OF DEATH | September 10, 1904 |
Place of death | Carovi , Brazil |