MILITARY PERSONNEL

Bartolina Sisa

1753 - 1781

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Bartolina Sisa Vargas (c. 1750 – 5 September 1782) was an Aymaran woman and indigenous heroine who led numerous revolts against the Spanish rule in Charcas, then part of the Viceroyalty of Peru and present-day Bolivia. Alongside her husband, the indigenous leader Túpac Katari, she participated in the organisation of indigenous military camps that took part in the siege of La Paz. She was betrayed and turned in to the Spanish authorities, who later executed her. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Bartolina Sisa is the 1,722nd most popular military personnel, the 30th most popular biography from Bolivia (down from 29th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Bolivian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Bartolina Sisa ranks 1,721 out of 2,058. Before her are Antonio Luna, Roy Urquhart, Kurt Martti Wallenius, Marwan Issa, and Shirase Nobu. After her are Padma Bandopadhyay, Irvin McDowell, Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal, Alfons Rebane, Fernand de Langle de Cary, Honoré Charles Reille, and Walther Reinhardt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1753, Bartolina Sisa ranks 37. Before her are Laurynas Gucevičius, Andrew Bell, Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, Nicolas Dalayrac, William Nicholson, and Thomas Bewick. After her are John Soane, Dugald Stewart, Edward Pigott, François Levaillant, Nikolay Lvov, and James McHenry. Among people deceased in 1781, Bartolina Sisa ranks 16. Before her are Faustina Bordoni, Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas, John Needham, Túpac Katari, Johannes Ewald, and Giovanni Battista Beccaria. After her are Micaela Bastidas, Tobias Furneaux, and Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke.

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In Bolivia

Among people born in Bolivia, Bartolina Sisa ranks 30 out of 105. Before her are Daniel Salamanca Urey (1869), Hilarión Daza (1840), Ulises Saucedo (1896), José Ballivián (1805), José Luis Tejada Sorzano (1882), and David Padilla (1927). After her are Luis Reyes (1911), Cornelio Saavedra (1759), Eduardo Rodríguez (1956), Adela Zamudio (1854), José Manuel Pando (1849), and Bautista Saavedra (1870).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Bolivia

Among military personnels born in Bolivia, Bartolina Sisa ranks 3. Before her are Mario Terán (1942), and Juana Azurduy de Padilla (1780). After her are Alberto Natusch (1933), and Juan José Zúñiga (1968).

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