Jacinto Canek | |
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 Mural of Canek's execution, by Fernando Castro Pacheco, in the Hall of History, in the Yucatan Governor's Palace | |
| Born | Jacinto Uc de los Santos c. 1731 |
| Died | December 14, 1761 (aged 30) |
| Cause of death | torture |
| Nationality | Mayan |
| Other names | Jacinto, Jacinto Uc de los Santos, José de los Santos |
| Occupation(s) | Maya Mexican revolutionary and rebel leader |
Jacinto Canek or Jacinto Uc de los Santos (c. 1731 in barrio de San Román, City of Campeche, New Spain – December 14, 1761 in Mérida, New Spain), was an 18th-century Maya Mexican revolutionary who fought against the Spanish in the Yucatán Peninsula of New Spain.[1]
- ^ Knight, Alan (2002) Mexico: the colonial era Cambridge University Press, 2002