José Trinidad Cabañas
President of Honduras (1805-1871)
José Trinidad Cabañas Fiallos (9 June 1805– 8 January 1871) was a liberal Honduran military general and politician who served as President of Honduras from 1 March to 6 July 1852 and 31 December 1853 to 6 June 1855. His role in Honduran history began during the First Central American Civil War. He became a Central America hero when he attempted to reunite Central America, during Francisco Morazán's tenure and after the unionist's death.
During his second term as president, Cabañas attempted to build a railroad in Honduras. He was supported by the common Central American people, but his liberal beliefs were not accepted by the conservatives, then holding power. He was popularly known as being "The gentleman without blemish and without fear".
Biography
José Trinidad Cabañas was born to José María Cabañas Rivera and Juana Fiallos in Tegucigalpa and was baptized on the day of his birth in 1805.
He attended school at the "Colegio Tridentino" in Comayagua, where he studied Latin, rhetoric, theology and philosophy.
Military life
In 1827, when the military forces of Justo Milla invaded and besieged Comayagua, and overthrew the government of Dionisio de Herrera, Cabañas, at 22 years old, was volunteered with his brothers by his aged father, who proclaimed,
"Sir, the weight of my years does not allow me to accompany you to battlefield, but here you have my three sons that can do what I should, with a willingness to shed their blood for the flag that you defend".
Cabañas later joined the army of the Federal Republic of Central America, where he was deputy to Gen.
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