Francisco Javier Venegas
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Francisco Javier Venegas de Saavedra y Ramínez de Arenzana, 1st Marquess of Reunión and New Spain, KOC was a Spanish general in the Spanish War of Independence and later viceroy of New Spain from Sept
Portrait by José Aparicio
Venegas as Viceroy
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."