Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla Gallaga Mandarte y Villaseñor

On 16 Sep 1810, Roman Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo called his parishioners in Dolores to an announcement of revolution against the Spanish. Thousands of Indians and mestizos flocked to Hidalgo's banner of the Virgin of Guadalupe, capturing Guanajuato and other major cities west of Mexico City. Soon Hidalgo was at the gates of the capital, but he hesitated and the opportunity was lost. After his defeat at Calderon on 17 Jan 1811, Hidalgo fled north, hoping to escape into the United States. He was caught on 19 Mar 1811, degraded from the priesthood, and executed on 31 Jul 1811.