Hidalgo y Costilla, Miguel

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Hidalgo y Costilla, Miguel (1753–1811) Mexican priest and revolutionary. Of Creole birth, he was a priest in Dolores, Guanajuato, where he plotted a revolt against Spain. With an untrained army of 80,000, he captured Guanajuato and Valladolid, but failed to generate support among the ruling class. Defeated by government forces at Calderón Bridge, Hidalgo fled but was later captured and executed.

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