MILITARY PERSONNEL

Maria Quitéria

1792 - 1853

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Maria Quitéria de Jesus (27 July 1792 – 21 August 1853) was a Brazilian soldier and national heroine. She served in the Brazilian War of Independence in 1822–23 dressed as a man. She was promoted to cadet and lieutenant and later decorated with the Imperial Order of the Cross. Quitéria has been called the "Brazilian Joan of Arc", and has become a legendary figure in Brazil. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Quitéria is the 1,548th most popular military personnel (down from 1,474th in 2019), the 397th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 332nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Brazilian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Maria Quitéria ranks 1,548 out of 2,058. Before her are Benedetto I Zaccaria, Gustav Fehn, Jacob Heinrich von Flemming, Al-Ashraf Kujuk, Fritz Darges, and Juan Modesto. After her are Publius Canidius Crassus, Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal, Erich Marcks, Attaces, Alexander Rodimtsev, and George Lawrence Price.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1792, Maria Quitéria ranks 50. Before her are Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, José Joaquín de Herrera, Christian Gmelin, Abraham Jacob van der Aa, George Cruikshank, and Martin Ohm. After her are James Francis Stephens, Friedrich Wilhelm, Count Brandenburg, Charles Grandison Finney, Jeanne Jugan, Peter von Hess, and Johann Georg Christian Lehmann. Among people deceased in 1853, Maria Quitéria ranks 41. Before her are Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine, Joaquin Murrieta, Louis Visconti, Augustin Saint-Hilaire, and Auguste Laurent. After her are Juan Álvarez Mendizábal, Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers, William Beaumont, Cesare Balbo, Andrés Narvarte, and Joseph von Radowitz.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Maria Quitéria ranks 397 out of 2,236. Before her are Luiz Gonzaga (1912), José Wilker (1944), Camargo Guarnieri (1907), Adoniran Barbosa (1910), Éder Aleixo de Assis (1957), and Amaral (1954). After her are Amílcar Barbuy (1893), Gilberto Freyre (1900), Lui Morais (1961), Luís Pereira (1949), Roberto Azevêdo (1957), and Paulo Autuori (1956).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Brazil

Among military personnels born in Brazil, Maria Quitéria ranks 2. Before her are Cândido Rondon (1865). After her are Aurélio de Lira Tavares (1905), and Márcio Melo (1906).

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