SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Micaela Bastidas

1744 - 1781

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Micaela Bastidas Puyucahua (born in Tamburco, 1744; died in Cusco, May 18, 1781) was a pioneering indigenous leader against Spanish rule in South America, and a martyr for Peruvian independence. With her husband Túpac Amaru II, she led a rebellion against the Spanish and like him, suffered martyrdom of execution by the Spaniards when the revolt failed. She was a very full partner in her husband's enterprises before the revolt, and "an exceptionally able leader of the rebellion." She has been described as the "celebrated wife of José Gabriel Condorcanqui Momento Maren (Túpac Amaru II)... Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Micaela Bastidas has received more than 71,378 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Micaela Bastidas is the 391st most popular social activist, the 67th most popular biography from Peru and the 4th most popular Peruvian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Micaela Bastidas ranks 391 out of 840. Before her are Claudette Colvin, Azucena Villaflor, Alice Paul, Toyohiko Kagawa, Chen Qimei, and Madan Lal Dhingra. After her are Huey P. Newton, Deniz Gezmiş, Nasrin Sotoudeh, Bayard Rustin, Evelyn Mase, and Inge Scholl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1744, Micaela Bastidas ranks 20. Before her are Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, Anne Vallayer-Coster, Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben, Marianna Martines, Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, and Eise Eisinga. After her are Friedrich Ludwig Schröder, Nikolay Novikov, Christian Gotthilf Salzmann, Johann III Bernoulli, David Allan, and Heinrich Christian Boie. Among people deceased in 1781, Micaela Bastidas ranks 16. Before her are Faustina Bordoni, Túpac Katari, John Needham, Johann Anton Güldenstädt, Giovanni Battista Beccaria, and Johannes Ewald. After her are Bartolina Sisa, Tobias Furneaux, and Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Micaela Bastidas ranks 67 out of 287. Before her are Teodoro Fernández (1913), Óscar R. Benavides (1876), Hernando de Soto Polar (1941), Manuel A. Odría (1896), Vladimiro Montesinos (1945), and Daniel Alomía Robles (1871). After her are Henry Ian Cusick (1967), José Bustamante y Rivero (1894), Héctor Chumpitaz (1943), Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre (1895), Ricardo Palma (1833), and Martín Vizcarra (1963).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Peru

Among social activists born in Peru, Micaela Bastidas ranks 4. Before her are Túpac Amaru II (1738), Abimael Guzmán (1934), and Hilda Gadea (1925). After her are María Elena Moyano (1958), and Máxima Acuña (1970).

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