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Quiroga, Juan Facundo, 1788-1835

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Personal name headingQuiroga, Juan Facundo, 1788-1835
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Variant(s)Facundo Quiroga, Juan, 1788-1835
Quiroga, Facundo, 1788-1835
Quiroga, Juan Facundo, 1790-1835
Associated countryArgentina. Secretaría de Guerra. Dirección de Estudios Históricos
Birth date1788
Death date1835-02-16
Place of birthLa Rioja (Argentina : Province)
Place of deathBarranca Yaco (Argentina)
Field of activityPolitics
Found inSarmiento, Domingo Faustino. Facundo, 2015: page 12 (Juan Facundo Quiroga)
Wikipedia, viewed Sept. 30, 2016 (Juan Facundo Quiroga (born 1788 in San Antonio, La Rioja; died February 16, 1835 in Barranca Yaco, Córdoba, Argentina) was an Argentine caudillo (military strongman) who supported federalism at the time when the country was still in formation. Domingo F. Sarmiento wrote Facundo: Civilization and Barbarism, a book that reviews the influence of caudillo leaders, which he defines as "barbarism," in the Argentine political and social life, but also as a protest to Rosas' regime, and a call for European education and life style)