Shortly before dawn on September 16, 1810, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla made a monumentous ... people to revolution was a radical change in the original revolution plot devised by the criollos ...

He served as a Spanish Army cavalry captain before joining the insurgents in 1810 at the start of the Mexican War of Independence. One of the lesser-known facts about Mexican Revolution is that ...

16, 1810 — a call to action by priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla to fight for Mexico’s independence from Spain, according to ...