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Emiliano Zapata

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Emiliano Zapata Emiliano Zapata is one of the most iconic figures of the Mexican Revolution and Latin American history. Leader of the revolutionary movement in Morelos, he championed agrarian reform under the motto "Tierra y Libertad" (Land and Liberty). He was ambushed and killed in 1919, but became an enduring symbol of peasant struggle and social justice.

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Emiliano Zapata Salazar was a Mexican revolutionary and guerrilla leader. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and the inspiration of the agrarian movement called Zapatismo.

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This profile section is complemented from Wikipedia for Emiliano Zapata. Mexican revolutionary (1879–1919)

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Primary source page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emiliano_Zapata

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1870s
1879

1879–1909: Early life Birthplace of Emiliano Zapata in Anenecuilco, today a...

1879–1909: Early life Birthplace of Emiliano Zapata in Anenecuilco, today a house museum Emiliano Zapata was born to Gabriel Zapata and Cleofas Jertrudiz Salazar of Anenecuilco, Morelos, the ninth of ten children

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1879

Birth

Birth of Emiliano Zapata.

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1900s
1906

Zapata and Mier met in 1906, when Zapata was working in the stables of the...

Zapata and Mier met in 1906, when Zapata was working in the stables of the Hacienda de San Carlos Borromeo

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1910s
1911

When the Porfirian dictatorship fell, on 20 August 1911, he married Josefa "La...

When the Porfirian dictatorship fell, on 20 August 1911, he married Josefa "La Generala" Espejo Merino, with whom he had two children

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1912

The first, a boy named Felipe Zapata Espejo, was born around 1912 on El...

The first, a boy named Felipe Zapata Espejo, was born around 1912 on El Jilguero hill and died at the age of five after being bitten by a rattlesnake

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1913

The second child was a girl, Josefa Zapata Espejo, born around 1913 in...

The second child was a girl, Josefa Zapata Espejo, born around 1913 in Tlaltizapán and who died a year before Felipe, around 1916, as a result of a scorpion sting

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1915

With Petra Portillo Torres, he had a daughter, Ana María Zapata Portillo, born...

With Petra Portillo Torres, he had a daughter, Ana María Zapata Portillo, born on 22 June 1915, in Cuautla

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1916

With Gregoria Zúñiga Benítez, he had María Luisa Zapata Zúñiga, born in...

With Gregoria Zúñiga Benítez, he had María Luisa Zapata Zúñiga, born in Quilamula, Morelos, on 21 June 1916, and died in 1935 of meningitis, leaving no descendants

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1917

With María de Jesús Pérez Caballero, native of Coahuixtla, he had Mateo...

With María de Jesús Pérez Caballero, native of Coahuixtla, he had Mateo Emiliano Zapata Pérez, who was born on 21 September 1917, in Temilpa Viejo, Tlaltizapán, Morelos, and died on 10 January 2007, in Cuautla

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2020s
2026

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2026

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