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What is the significance of the date September 16, 1810, in Mexican history?

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Cry of Dolores. Early on the morning of September 16, 1810, Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla summoned the largely Indian and mestizo congregation of his small Dolores parish church and urged them to take up arms and fight for Mexico's independence from Spain

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