Jacinto de Romarate, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Spanish sailor
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Place of Birth: Güeñes, Basque Country, Spain
About Jacinto de Romarate
- Jacinto de Romarate Salamanca (1775 – 1836) was a Spanish sailor, who fought in the British invasions of the Río de la Plata and on the Royalist side during the Argentine War of Independence.
- Back in Spain, he participated in the First Carlist War. He was born at Güeñes, in Biscay, and joined the Spanish navy.
- He moved to Puerto Rico first, and then to Montevideo.
- He helped to the liberation of Buenos Aires during the first British invasions of the Río de la Plata, commanding the ship "La Vizcaína".
- He was wounded during the battle, and promoted afterwards.
- Romarate fought as well in the defense of Buenos Aires against the ill-fated second invasion. Romarate did not accept the legitimacy of the government Junta established in 1808 by Javier de Elío in Montevideo, and moved to Buenos Aires.
- He rejected as well the May Revolution, which succeeded in deposing the viceroy.
- When the Primera Junta took government, Romarate moved back to Montevideo.
- He also refused support to the mutiny of Álzaga, a Royalist plot eventually suppressed by the Buenos Aires government.
- Montevideo declared war to Buenos Aires, and Romarate fought in the naval blockade imposed to the city.
- During the battle of San Nicolás, he defeated a rudimentary flotilla, which was sending reinforcements to Manuel Belgrano in the Paraguay campaign.
- He was finally defeated by Guillermo Brown during the Battle of Martín García.
- Romarate would not surrender until the capitulation of Montevideo, and then requested to return to Spain to fight in the Peninsular War.
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