The capture of Alhóndiga de Granaditas was a military action carried out in Guanajuato, viceroyalty of New Spain, on September 28, 1810, between the royalist soldiers of the province and the insurgent
The Battle of the Alhóndiga de Granaditas in Guanajuato on September 28, 1810 José Díaz del Castillo, 1910
El tres de mayo de 1808 en Madrid (The Third of May 1808 in Madrid) by Francisco de Goya. The Spanish War of Independence was a direct antecedent of the Mexican Independence and the Capture of the Alhóndiga de Granaditas.
View of the Alhóndiga de Granaditas.
Commemorative plaque: "Entering of the independent army to Guanajuato and taking of this building. September 28th, 1810."
Ignacio Allende
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Ignacio José de Allende y Unzaga, commonly known as Ignacio Allende, was a captain of the Spanish Army in New Spain who came to sympathize with the Mexican independence movement. He attended the secre
Capture of Alhóndiga de Granaditas
…viceroyalty of New Spain, on September 28, 1810, between the royalist soldiers of the province and the insurgents commanded by Miguel Hidalgo and Ignacio Allende. The fear unleashed in the social circles of the provincial capital made the intendant, Juan Antonio Riaño, ask the population to barrack in the Alhóndiga…
Portrait by Ramón Pérez, 1865
Allende statue in Chihuahua City, Chihuahua.
Posthumous portrait of Ignacio Allende (1769–1811).