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May 20, 1776 Zacatecas, Mexico Died on 20 May 1817 (aged 41)
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About Víctor Rosales
- Víctor Rosales; (1776 – 20 May 1817), was a Mexican military officer born in Zacatecas, in the central Viceroyalty of New Spain.
- Rosales was a field marshal in the Mexican War of Independence.In the Mexican War of Independence, Rosales served as commander in the Mexican Revolutionary Army under Ignacio López Rayón.
- He served with distinction in the Battle of Zacatecas.
- In 1817 Rosales was named commander-in-chief of the Mexican Revolutionary Army in Michoacán.
- He was killed in action on 20 May 1817, during the Battle of Ario, Michoacán against the Spanish royalists.
- For his actions he was posthumously awarded as Deserving Citizen in Heroic Degree by the Mexican Congress.
- His name is displayed in golden letters at the Honour Wall of the Palacio Legislativo de San Lázaro in Mexico City, Mexico.Víctor Rosales is buried in a mausoleum at the base of the Monument to the Independence in Mexico, next to the remains of the other thirteen founding fathers of Mexico.
