Tomás de Figueroa

Tomás de Figueroa y Caravaca (1747 – 1811) was a Spanish soldier. He was active in the military outpost of Valdivia and later in Santiago as a royalist during the early phase of the Chilean struggle for independence. He was born in Estepona, near Málaga in southern Spain. A soldier by profession, he had to migrate Chile in 1775 after having killed a man in a duel in Spain. In late 1792 he led Spanish forces that suppressed a Huilliche uprising around Río Bueno and Futahuillimapu in southern Chile.[1] After leading a mutiny to restore colonial order in Santiago on April 1, 1811, he was summarily executed on the orders of pro-independence leader Juan Martínez de Rozas.

Tomás de Figueroa
Born1747 (1747)
Estepona, Spain
DiedApril, 1811 (aged 6364)
Santiago, Captaincy General of Chile, Spanish Empire
AllegianceSpain
Battles/wars

References

  1. Barros Arana, Diego (2000) [1886]. "Capítulo XVII". Historia General de Chile (in Spanish). Vol. VII (2 ed.). Santiago, Chile: Editorial Universitaria. pp. 66–69. ISBN 956-11-1535-2.


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