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Jan 1, 1089
The firts Boards
It began with the proclamation of Sovereign
Boards in 1809. -
Loss of the French
In 1803, Jean Jacques Dessalines finally defeated the French -
Declared the independence of Haiti
In 1804, declared the independence of Haiti. It was, thus, the
second independent country in America, in this case, led by blacks. -
Napoleon
Napoleon
imprisoned Charles IV and his
son Ferdinand VII and forced
them to abdicate in his favor. -
Spanish America
Quito was to be the first in the history of
Spanish America to proclaim -
The first Junta de Buenos Aires
The first Junta de Buenos Aires (25-051810) organized three military campaigns
to subdue the Spanish forces in the interior, but they were not successful. -
New Militar
imón Bolívar -Member
of the Caraqueña boards of
1811- was named new military -
Revolution spontaneously broke out in Asuncion
However, a revolution spontaneously broke out in Asuncion (14-05-1811), and
the resulting government-held independent. This is how the Republic of Paraguay
was created. -
Colonel José Artigas commanded the revolutionary troops
Colonel José Artigas commanded the revolutionary troops who
defeated the royalists at the Battle of Las Piedras (18-05-1811) and besieged the
walled Montevideo, where the viceregal government had moved. -
Liberated Mérida
in 1813 he liberated Mérida and Caracas in the so-called
Admirable Campaign, cities that gave him the title of "Liberator" -
Fernando VII returned to the throne
When Fernando VII returned
to the throne in 1814,
patriotic military campaigns
subsisted in Venezuela and
the Río de la Plata -
Defeat in the Valley
In the Aconcagua Valley and although it suffered a serious
defeat in Cancha Rayada (19-03-1818) -
it triumphed in the decisive battle of Maipú
It triumphed in the decisive battle
of Maipú (5-04-1818), assuring the independence of Chile. -
San Martin sailed from Valparaíso
San Martin
sailed from Valparaíso (20-08-1820)
with a fleet of eight warships and 16
transport ships, and 4,500 men from
the armies of the Andes and Chile. -
Forced the realistic army to retreat towards the mountain range.
It disembarked in Pisco (8-09-1820), and forced the realistic army to retreat towards the mountain range. -
Martin and forced the viceroy La Serna to leave the city
Martin (July 5, 1821), and forced the viceroy La Serna to leave the city and enter
the mountains, with an army still very numerous. -
San Martin declared independence
San Martin declared independence (28-07-1821) and was appointed Protector of Peru with full civil and military authority -
Bolívar was authorized take command of an expedition to Peru.
In 1823, Bolívar was authorized by the Congress of the Gran Colombia to take command of an expedition to Peru. -
The scream of Lares
On September 23, 1868, the scream of Lares, of independence against
Spain, was produced. -
Die Martí
Martí dies in one of
the combat actions
(1895), but the revolutionary army continues to fight.
