José Joaquin del Calvo Lopez (January 16, 1798 in Cuba – February 28, 1838 in Chihuahua, Mexico) was a Mexican soldier.

Biography

He was born in

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, on January 16, 1798 being his parents Thomas and Clara López Calvo. He joined the Spanish military in 1812 and when the

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, arrived in 1818 on the orders of the Viceroy Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, with the rank of second lieutenant. He fought insurgents in

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and Michoacan, until in 1821 decides to join the independence cause, and entered the City of Mexico with Trigarante Army on September 27, 1821. He served in the streets of

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and

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, reaching the degree of brigadier general. From 1822 to 1824 he was appointed political and military Chief of

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, equivalent to governor. During the Revolt of Querétaro on December 12, 1823, while he was commander of the square, he was arrested by the 8.º. Regiment based in

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, same as did a military mutiny commanded by a Spanish sergeant and an Andalusian of Cadiz. In 1828 he bought the Hacienda de Salaices in Chihuahua. On 18 September 1834 he assumed the governorship of Chihuahua and

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References

*RIVA PALACIO, Vicente (1940). México á través de los siglos: historia general y completa del desenvolvimiento social, político, religioso, militar, artístico, científico y literario de México desde an antigüedad más remota hasta la época actual; obra, única en su género. (G. S. López edición). México.
José Joaquín Calvo López

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Calvo, Jose Joaquin Governors of Querétaro Governors of Chihuahua (state) 1798 births 1838 deaths Politicians from Havana 19th-century Mexican military personnel 19th-century Mexican politicians 19th-century Cuban military personnel