Félix María Calleja del Rey
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Félix María Calleja del Rey y de la Gándara, primer conde de Calderón was a Spanish military officer and viceroy of New Spain from March 4, 1813, to September 20, 1816, during Mexico's War of Independ
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."