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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Tomás de Zumalacárregui

1788 - 1835

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Tomás de Zumalacárregui e Imaz (Basque: Tomas Zumalakarregi Imatz; 29 December 1788 – 24 June 1835), known among his troops as "Uncle Tomás", was a Spanish Basque officer who lead the Carlist faction as Captain general of the Army during the First Carlist War. He was occasionally nicknamed the "Wolf of the Amezcoas", making reference to his famous military victory in the region of Navarre. Zumalacárregui is often credited as the inventor of Spanish omelette (or tortilla de patatas), which he elaborated during the Siege of Bilbao, as a simple, fast and nutritious dish with which to satisfy the hardships of the Carlist Army. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tomás de Zumalacárregui has received more than 67,541 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Tomás de Zumalacárregui is the 1,200th most popular military personnel (down from 1,155th in 2019), the 976th most popular biography from Spain (up from 977th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Spanish Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Tomás de Zumalacárregui ranks 1,200 out of 1,468Before him are Ivan Tyulenev, Hubert Lanz, Erich Marcks, August Karl von Goeben, Friedrich Christiansen, and Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval. After him are Nikolai Iudovich Ivanov, Jacob Heinrich von Flemming, Hugh Thompson Jr., Erik Heinrichs, Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, and Paavo Talvela.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1788, Tomás de Zumalacárregui ranks 36Before him are Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, Carl Sigismund Kunth, Mohammed bin Thani, Simon Sechter, Juraj Haulik, and Rafael Urdaneta. After him are Athanasios Diakos, Edward Sabine, Princess Juliane Sophie of Denmark, Kikuchi Yōsai, Margaret Taylor, and Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet. Among people deceased in 1835, Tomás de Zumalacárregui ranks 19Before him are Archduke Anton Victor of Austria, Julius Klaproth, August von Platen-Hallermünde, John Marshall, Sally Hemings, and Friedrich Stromeyer. After him are Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Leopoldo Nobili, Franz von Paula Schrank, Rain-in-the-Face, Ivan Martos, and Alexander McDonnell.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Tomás de Zumalacárregui ranks 976 out of 2,932Before him are Robert de Nola (1500), Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana (1398), Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro (1676), Joaquín Caparrós (1955), José Canalejas (1854), and Luis Regueiro (1908). After him are Pedro Casaldáliga (1928), Fray Tomás de Berlanga (1487), Juan Fernández (1536), Guillermo Gorostiza (1909), Shlomo ibn Aderet (1235), and Alberto Iglesias (1955).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Spain

Among military personnels born in Spain, Tomás de Zumalacárregui ranks 24Before him are Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1475), George Meade (1815), Juan Yagüe (1891), Cristóbal de Olid (1487), Miguel Cabanellas (1872), and Gonzalo Queipo de Llano (1875). After him are José de Palafox y Melci, 1st Duke of Zaragoza (1775), Miguel Ricardo de Álava (1772), Vicente Rojo Lluch (1894), José Enrique Varela (1891), Juan Modesto (1906), and Pedro Caro, 3rd Marquis of la Romana (1761).