- Hipólito Vieytes
Infobox_President
name=Hipólito Vieytes
nationality=Argentine
birth_date=13 August 1762
birth_place=San Antonio de Areco ,Argentina
death_date=death date and age|1815|10|5|1762|8|6
death_place=San Fernando,Argentina
spouse=Josefa Torres
profession=businessman, newspaperman and politicianJuan Hipólito Vieytes, was an Argentine merchant and soldier. He was born in
San Antonio de Areco ,Buenos Aires Province on 6 August 1762, son of Juan Vieytes and Petrona Mora Fernández de Agüero. His family's house was at 133 Calle Real (today's Ruiz de Arellano street) in front of the central square [es icon [http://sanantoniodeareco.com/turismo/especiales/vieytes/index.htm sanantoniodeareco.com] ] .When still a young child, his family moved to
Buenos Aires and enrolled him and his brother at theJesuit school "Colegio Real de San Carlos"es icon [http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/v/vieytes.htm Biografías y Vidas] ] .He married Josefa Torres and adopted two children: Carlota Joaquina and José Benjamín (his son studied medicine and became a doctor in 1827).Vieytes started as a successful businessman, in a soap factory in partnership with
Nicolás Rodríguez Peña . There he began to get involved in politics and used the business as a meeting place for the conspirators before theMay Revolution (1810), with other prominent citizens, all members of the "Patriotic Society" ("Sociedad Patriótica"), (Belgrano, Castelli, Moreno, Paso and French).He was also a newspaperman and founded the second newspaper published in Buenos Aires, the "Semanario de agricultura, industria y comercio" ("Weekly news on agriculture, industry and commerce").
He played a part in the reconquest of
Buenos Aires , during theBritish invasions of the Río de la Plata , where he attained the rank of captain. In 1810 he supported the May Revolution and assisted the Cabildo. He was named war auditor, but was later removed when he declined to take part in the execution ofSantiago de Liniers . After the death ofMariano Moreno , he replaced him as secretary to thePrimera Junta , until 1811.Today, there are streets and schools named in his honor in Buenos Aires and in his hometown of San Antonio de Areco.
References
External links
*es icon , written by
Juan María Gutiérrez and published in 1860
*es icon [http://todo-argentina.net/biografias/Personajes1/juan_hipolito_vieytes.htm todo-argentina.net]
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