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    The Cry of Dolores (Spanish: Grito de Dolores) occurred in Dolores, Mexico, on 16 September 1810, when Roman Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla...
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    Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (category People of the Latin American wars of independence)
    Spain. On 16 September 1810 he gave the Cry of Dolores, a speech calling upon the people to protect the interest of their King Ferdinand VII, held captive...
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    Cinco de Mayo (redirect from Fifth of May)
    celebrated on September 16, commemorating the Cry of Dolores in 1810, which initiated the Mexican War of Independence from Spain. Cinco de Mayo has been...
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    was led by parish priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, who issued the Cry of Dolores on 16 September 1810. The revolt was massive and not well organized...
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    José María Morelos (category People of the Mexican War of Independence)
    Colegio de San Nicolás and was appointed priest of Carácuaro in 1799. He joined Miguel Hidalgo's Cry of Dolores, soon becoming an insurgency leader. Aided...
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  • term remained popular in Mexico, where it would come to be used in the Cry of Dolores. The Diccionario de Autoridades (1729) defines cachupín as "The Spaniard...
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    the Mexican city of Dolores Hidalgo, in what became known as the "Cry of Dolores" (El Grito de Dolores) that launched the Mexican War of Independence. In...
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    government" in the small town of Dolores, Guanajuato. This event, known as the Cry of Dolores (Spanish: Grito de Dolores) is commemorated each year, on...
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    the "Grito De Dolores (Cry of Dolores)," lead predominately by Catholic priest, Miguel Hidalgo. Hidalgo remained a prominent figure of the independence...
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    Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez (category Women in the Mexican War of Independence)
    corregidor of the city of Querétaro, hence her nickname. Ortiz de Domínguez is commemorated in the annual reenactment of the Cry of Dolores. Ortiz de Domínguez...
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