José Antonio Galán (c. 1749 in Charalá, Santander (
New Kingdom of Granada
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) – February 2, 1782 in Santafé de Bogotá (Id.)) was a Neogranadine historical figure of the 18th century. He was the leader of the Comuneros insurrection in 1781, who was then sentenced and executed by the Spanish.
See also
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Insurrection of the Comuneros (Spanish Wiki)
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José Antonio Galán (Spanish Wiki)
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Manuela Beltrán (Spanish Wiki)
Bibliography
*AGUILERA Peña, Mario. "Los comuneros: guerra social y lucha anticolonial". Bogotá, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1985.
*ARCINIEGAS, Germán. "20.000 Comuneros hacia Santa Fe". Bogotá, Pluma, 1981.
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CASTELLANOS TAPIAS, Luis. "El Alzamiento". Bogotá, Ediciones Edicrón-Editorial Guadalupe, 1962. A novel set around the Comunero movement (1781) of the Virreinato de Nueva Granada.
*FRIEDE, Juan. "Rebelión comunera de 1781. Documentos". Bogotá,
Colcultura
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, 1981.
*GUTIERREZ, José Fulgencio. "Galán y los Comuneros". Bucaramanga, Imprenta Departamental, 1939.
*PHELAN, John Leddy. "El pueblo y el rey. La revolución comunera en Colombia, 1781". Bogotá, Carlos Valencia, 1980
1749 births
1782 deaths
History of Colombia
18th-century Colombian people
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