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| | Juan Facundo Quiroga |
 | | QUIROGA, Juan Facundo (ke-ro'-gah), Argentine soldier, born in San Juan, in the province of Rioja, Argentine Republic, in 1790; died in Barranea Yaeo, near Cordova, 28 December, 1835. |
 | | His parents were shepherds, and sent him in 1799 to school in San Juan, but he soon assaulted his teacher and fled, working as a laborer to gain a livelihood. |
 | | He now recalled the banished Davila; but, as the latter would not submit to Quiroga's dictation, he was deposed, and, as he resisted with some loyal regiments, he was attacked and killed by Quiroga, who proclaimed himself independent chief of the province. |
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