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José María Morelos

1765 - 1815

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José María Teclo Morelos Pérez y Pavón (Spanish: [xoˈse maˈɾi.a ˈteklo moˈɾelos ˈpeɾes i paˈβon] ) (30 September 1765 – 22 December 1815) was a Mexican Catholic priest, statesman and military leader who led the Mexican War of Independence movement, assuming its leadership after the execution of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1811. Born in Valladolid, Michoacán, Morelos studied at 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José María Morelos has received more than 673,874 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. José María Morelos is the 4,892nd most popular politician (down from 4,875th in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Mexico (up from 59th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Mexican Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, José María Morelos ranks 4,892 out of 19,576. Before him are Ligdan Khan, Karl von Habsburg, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Anawrahta, Francis V, Duke of Modena, and Iziaslav II of Kiev. After him are Pompeius Strabo, Louis II, Duke of Bourbon, Vologases III of Parthia, Milan Hodža, Rudolf Brandt, and Nakşidil Sultan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1765, José María Morelos ranks 13. Before him are Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt, Charles Felix of Sardinia, Emma, Lady Hamilton, Paolo Ruffini, Jacques MacDonald, and Karl Ludwig Harding. After him are Michał Kleofas Ogiński, Carl Ludwig Willdenow, Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Franz Xaver von Baader, Johann Friedrich Pfaff, and Pierre Dupont de l'Étang. Among people deceased in 1815, José María Morelos ranks 11. Before him are Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Franz Mesmer, Jan Potocki, Emma, Lady Hamilton, Carsten Niebuhr, and Guillaume Brune. After him are 9th Dalai Lama, Smithson Tennant, Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Ahmad al-Tijani, James Gillray, and Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, José María Morelos ranks 53 out of 729. Before him are Cuitláhuac (1476), Alfonso Cuarón (1961), Chespirito (1929), Vicente Guerrero (1782), Ahuitzotl (1486), and Guadalupe Victoria (1786). After him are Dolores del Río (1905), Alfonso García Robles (1911), Nezahualcoyotl (1402), Acamapichtli (1325), Luis Echeverría (1922), and Helena Rojo (1944).

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Among POLITICIANS In Mexico

Among politicians born in Mexico, José María Morelos ranks 22. Before him are Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal (603), Victoriano Huerta (1850), Cuitláhuac (1476), Vicente Guerrero (1782), Ahuitzotl (1486), and Guadalupe Victoria (1786). After him are Acamapichtli (1325), Luis Echeverría (1922), Axayacatl (1449), José López Portillo y Pacheco (1920), Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1948), and Miguel de la Madrid (1934).

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