births
September 15, 1759
Cornelio Saavedra, Argentinean general and politician (died 1829)
Cornelio Saavedra
Cornelio Judas Tadeo de Saavedra y Rodríguez was an Argentine military officer and statesman. He was instrumental in the May Revolution, the first step of Argentina's independence from Spain, and became the first head of state of the autonomous country that would become Argentina when he was appointed president of the Primera Junta.