Jose de San Martin
1778 – 1850 Argentine general, revolutionary
Liberator of Argentina, Chile, and Peru in the south.
- Religion
- Catholic
- Affiliations
- Spanish American independence movement, Lautaro Lodge
Jose de San Martin led the southern campaigns of South American independence, crossing the Andes to help free Chile and then Peru. He met Bolivar at Guayaquil in 1822 and afterward withdrew from public life. He spent his final years in Europe, where he died.
In the timeline
- 1804 Grand Orients spread across Latin America mentioned
- 1808 – 1826 Latin American wars of independence mentioned
- 1812 Masonic lodges and Latin American independence mentioned
- 1812 Lautaro lodges and Spanish American independence mentioned
- 1816 San Martin and Argentina's declaration of independence mentioned
- 1817 San Martin crosses the Andes mentioned
- 1821 Independence of Peru mentioned