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25 February 1778 – 17 August 1850
José de San Martín, full name José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras
José de San Martín · 阿根廷
Early-19th-century South American independence commander, known as the "Liberator of Argentina, Chile, and Peru".
Born on 25 February 1778 in Yapeyú, Corrientes Province, Argentina, he went to Spain with his family as a child and served in the Spanish army; in 1812 he returned to Buenos Aires to join the independence forces, and in Mendoza formed the Army of the Andes; in 1817 he led his army across the Andes, winning at Chacabuco and Maipú and liberating Chile; in 1821 he entered Lima and proclaimed Peru's independence, serving as Protector of Peru; after meeting Bolívar at Guayaquil in 1822 he withdrew from military and political life and went into exile in France; he died on 17 August 1850 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France.
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Birthplace Yapeyú (Argentina); places of activity Mendoza, Buenos Aires, Santiago (Chile), Lima (Peru); burial place Buenos Aires Cathedral (his remains were moved there from France in 1880).
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A founding-father-level figure jointly revered by Argentina, Chile, and Peru; the crossing of the Andes is regarded as one of the most legendary military operations of the South American independence wars and a bond of shared historical memory among the three countries.