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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Maria Quitéria

1792 - 1853

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Maria Quitéria (27 July 1792 – 21 August 1853) was a Brazilian lieutenant and national heroine. She served in the Brazilian War of Independence in 1822–23 dressed as a man. She was promoted to cadet and Lieutenant and decorated with the Imperial order. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maria Quitéria has received more than 64,725 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Maria Quitéria is the 1,390th most popular military personnel (down from 1,243rd in 2019), the 367th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 346th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Brazilian Military Personnel.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.41

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Maria Quitéria ranks 1,390 out of 1,468Before her are Aleksandr Baryatinsky, Yitzhak Sadeh, Lawrence Oates, Kiichiro Higuchi, Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset, and Cleitus the White. After her are Leonhard Kaupisch, Mikhail Yegorov, Henri Saint Cyr, Anthony McAuliffe, George Pickett, and Leo of Tripoli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1792, Maria Quitéria ranks 48Before her are Jeanne Jugan, Abraham Jacob van der Aa, Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Lev Perovski, Pyotr Vyazemsky, and Nodira. After her are Johann Georg Christian Lehmann, Thaddeus Stevens, Lady Byron, Lucas Alamán, Christian Albrecht Jensen, and Thomas Bell. Among people deceased in 1853, Maria Quitéria ranks 38Before her are Hyacinth, Branko Radičević, Juan Álvarez Mendizábal, William R. King, Juan Antonio Lavalleja, and Adrien-Henri de Jussieu. After her are Tabitha Babbitt, Sarah Goodridge, Cesare Balbo, William Beaumont, Augustin Saint-Hilaire, and Abigail Fillmore.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Maria Quitéria ranks 367 out of 2,067Before her are Júlio Baptista (1981), Alemão (1961), Silas Pereira (1965), Flora Purim (1942), Paulinho de Almeida (1932), and Zezé Moreira (1907). After her are Joel Antônio Martins (1931), Irmã Dulce (1914), Zé Maria (1949), Grafite (1979), Carlos María de Alvear (1789), and Maneca (1926).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Brazil

Among military personnels born in Brazil, Maria Quitéria ranks 2Before her are Cândido Rondon (1865). After her are Aurélio de Lira Tavares (1905) and Márcio Melo (1906).