Historia

Chronology of the independence process of Latin America

  • Independence of venezuela

    Independence of venezuela
    Morillo soon regained control of Venezuela and New Granada. But, in 1817, Bolívar, Piar, Páez and other Venezuelan leaders reactivated the war. Bolivar faced and defeated Morillo in Calabozo, in 1818. However, later, Morillo he counterattacked and defeated Bolívar in the Aragua valley. So Bolivar crossed the Andes and defeated the royalists in the battle of Pantano de Vargas (07-25-1819). that sealed the independence of New Granada..
  • independence of chile

    independence of chile
    San Martin was not discouraged and
    decided to continue with his plans,
    only now he first had to liberate
    Chile. For that he spent years
    making weapons, bullets and all
    kinds of equipment, and organizing
    the Army of the Andes. The
    crossing was epic, but, as they had
    planned, the six columns met less
    than a month later in the Aconcagua Valley and although it suffered a serious
  • independence of peru

    independence of peru
    Together with O'Higgins, and with
    200,000 pesos that he obtained from
    Buenos Aires, San Martín managed to
    buy a naval squadron to attack the
    Spaniards in Peru by sea. 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.
  • end of independence

    end of independence
    In 1823, Bolívar was authorized
    by the Congress of the Gran
    Colombia to take command of
    an expedition to Peru. In
    September of that year, he
    arrived in Lima and met with
    Sucre and the Peruvian leaders
    to plan the attack. Bolivar and Sucre defeated the Spanish army at the Battle
    of Junín (6-08-1824).
    Four months later, while Bolivar had gone to Lima to raise more money and
    receive a new contingent of troops, Sucre was forced to give battle and destroyed
  • independence of ecuador

    independence of ecuador
    Let us remember how the independence of
    Guayaquil was proclaimed (9-10-1820), the
    arrival of the patriot army commanded by
    Antonio José de Sucre, and its triumph in
    Pichincha (24-05-1822), which culminated
    the independence of the Great Colombia.
    Let us remember, also, that Bolivar defeated
    the royalist pastures in the battle of
    Bomboná, and entered triumphant Quito (16-06-1822) and, later, he waited for the president of Peru, General José de San Martín,
  • independence of argentina paraguay y uruguay

    independence of argentina paraguay y uruguay
    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. 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. In the Banda Oriental, the rural population rose against the Spanish authorities in Montevideo. Colonel José Artigas