Pedro Velarde y Santillán

Pedro Velarde y Santillán was a Spanish artillery captain famous for his heroic death in the Dos de Mayo uprisings against the French occupation of Madrid. He became a popular hero and martyr figure for Spain's subsequent War of Independence from the French Empire.

25 October 1779

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Born in the same month (October 1779): José Andrés Pacheco de Melo • Louis Charles, Count of Beaujolais