Tomás de Figueroa

Tomás de Figueroa
Tomás de Figueroa
Born	1747; Estepona, Spain
Died	April, 1811 (aged 63–64); Santiago, Captaincy General of Chile, Spanish Empire
Allegiance	Spain
Battles / wars	Huilliche uprising of 1792; Figueroa mutiny (executed);

Tomás de Figueroa y Caravaca (1747 – 1811) was a Spanish soldier. He was active in the military outpost of Valdivia and later in Santiago as a royalist during the early phase of the Chilean struggle for independence. He was born in Estepona, near Málaga in southern Spain. A soldier by profession, he had to migrate Chile in 1775 after having killed a man in a duel in Spain. In late 1792 he led Spanish forces that suppressed a Huilliche uprising around Río Bueno and Futahuillimapu in southern Chile.^[1] After leading a mutiny to restore colonial order in Santiago on April 1, 1811, he was summarily executed on the orders of pro-independence leader Juan Martínez de Rozas.

References

^ Barros Arana, Diego (2000) [1886]. "Capítulo XVII". Historia General de Chile (in Spanish). Vol. VII (2 ed.). Santiago, Chile: Editorial Universitaria. pp. 66–69. ISBN 956-11-1535-2.

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[1] Barros Arana, Diego (2000) [1886]. "Capítulo XVII". Historia General de Chile (in Spanish). Vol. VII (2 ed.). Santiago, Chile: Editorial Universitaria. pp. 66–69. ISBN 956-11-1535-2.

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