José Xavier Argomaniz, his Diary and the conspirators of Querétaro in 1810

Abstract

The importance of Diary wrote by José Xavier Argomaniz is unquestionable if you want to know part of the everyday life in
Querétaro city, over the first years of XIX century, particularly about the events of the Querétaro conspiracy in 1810. The data
it provides is really valuable, as it was written by someone who lived when it happened. Says Manuel Septién y Septién —and
we agree with him—, that the work of José Xavier Argomaniz is of «invaluable historical value […] because its author was
eyewitness of them [the events he refers] and he lived within of our city the beginning of the drama [the independence war],
therefore they have the interest of the original and the authentic revealing to us the truth of facts and episodes». However,
until now his life has not been written. In fact, is very little are we known about him. In this article we present historical data
on the life of this unique queretano.