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Arrest of the King of Spain
In 1808 Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Spain and took King Ferdinand VII captive, putting Joseph Bonaparte in his place. To resist the French, a Central Board was organized in Spain with a seat in Seville, later replaced by the Regency Council. -
First government board
On May 25, 1810, the First Board was installed, composed of Cornelio Saavedra as president, Mariano Moreno and Juan José Paso as secretaries and Manuel Alberti, Miguel de Azcuénaga, Manuel Belgrano, Juan José Castelli, Juan Larrea and Domingo Matéu, as members. -
The independence of Mexico
The Independence of Mexico was the consequence of a political and social process resolved with the armed troops, which put an end to the Spanish rule in most of the territories of New Spain. The loss of this possession was of decisive importance for the monarchy as Mexican income represented ninety percent of the total American wealth at the end of the colonial period. -
José María Morelos went to meet his teacher
José María Morelos went to meet his teacher Miguel Hidalgo, who called an armed insurrection, on September 16, 1810. They met on the road from Charo to Indaparapeo, on October 20. -
Hidalgo enters Guadalajara.
Hidalgo in Valladolid decided to move to Guadalajara to attend the invitation made by José Antonio el Amo Torres, who had taken over this square on November 11, with the purpose of resolving a conflict of authority that had been -
The abolition of slavery
The abolition of slavery decreed in Guadalajara by the priest Don Miguel Hidalgo, half a century before Lincoln did it in the neighboring country to the north. -
First national Congress
The Indian National Congress conducted its first session in Bombay from 28–31 December 1885 at the initiative of retired Civil Service officer Allan Octavian Hume. In 1883, Hume had outlined his idea for a body representing Indian interests in an open letter to graduates of the University of Calcutta. -
Mexico. Today January 17, 1811 Battle of Puente Calderón in Mexico
The Battle of the Calderón Bridge was part of the Mexican War of Independence. This combat was fought between insurgent forces and royalist forces, on January 17, 1811 at the Calderón Bridge. -
Miguel Hidalgo is stripped of the military command
Miguel Hidalgo is stripped of the military command of the insurgent army
The defeat in the battle of the Calderón Bridge and the autocratic attitude of Miguel Hidalgo, provoked the discontent of Ignacio Allende and other insurgents. -
In junta de guerra, the insurgents appoint Ignacio López Rayón, military commander
After the withdrawal of Miguel Hidalgo and the other insurgents to the north of Mexico thanks to their defeat suffered in the Battle of Puente de Calderón, on March 16, 1811 they held a meeting in Saltillo, Coahuila, on the occasion of appointing a chief who coordinate troops and actions from the north -
The Bravo brothers join Galeana and Morelos.
The Revolution of May 1811 was the bloodless civic-military action that took place in Asunción, Paraguay, on May 14 and 15, 1811, by which two fellow members, Dr. José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia and Juan Valeriano de Zeballos. The main objective of this measure was to ensure the sovereign autonomy of the Paraguayan province from all foreign powers and to quickly convene a congress that was to determine a new form of government. -
Allende, Aldama and Jiménez are shot in Chihuahua.
Execution of the Insurgents: Ignacio Allende, Juan Aldama, Mariano Jiménez and Manuel Santamaría. enrich his brothers. " On June 26, 1811, after more than three months of torture, the heroes of Independence Ignacio Allende, Juan Aldama, Mariano Jiménez and Manuel Santamaría were put to arms. -
Hidalgo is shot
On July 30, 1811, Miguel Hidalgo was shot in Chihuahua. After the insurgent defeats in Aculco and Guanajuato, for the priest of Dolores and his troops came the disaster of the battle of the Calderón Bridge, near Guadalajara, Jalisco, on January 17, 1811. -
Government of Jose Miguel Carrera
Among the works of the Carrera government is the Constitution of 1812, which consisted of 27 articles, and established a government consisting of a Senate of 7 members and a Superior Board of Government, with three members. -
Spanish reaction
The liberation of Spain put Fernando VII back in power. The monarch did not accept the reforms made by the liberals, he repealed the Constitution of Cádiz and ruled in the most complete absolutism. In this way, he had troops and resources that were sent to the Spanish leaders in America to fight the Creoles. -
Rancagua disaster
The battle or disaster of Rancagua was a warlike confrontation that took place within the framework of the Independence of Chile. This occurred between October 1 and 2, 1814, in the south of that country, when the royalist troops attacked and defeated the patriot army, allowing the Spanish reconquest -
Liberation army crosses the mountain range
El hecho más memorable del Ejército de los Andes corresponde al Cruce de los Andes —iniciado el 6 de enero de 1817 desde Mendoza— que culminó con la victoria en la batalla de Chacabuco, el 12 de febrero de 1817 -
Battle of Chacabuco
The battle of Chacabuco was a decisive contest for the Independence of Chile in which the Army of the Andes fought, made up of troops from the United Provinces of Río de la Plata and Chilean exiles in Mendoza, and the Royalist Army, resulting in a firm victory for the independence party commanded by General José de San Martín. -
Declaration of independence of Chile
The Act of Independence of Chile is the document by which Chile solemnly declared its independence from the Spanish Monarchy. It was dated in the city of Concepción on January 1, 1818, and approved and signed by the Supreme Director Bernardo O'Higgins in Talca on the following February 2. The official ceremony of proclamation and swearing in of independence was held in Santiago on February 12 of the same year, the date of the first anniversary of the Battle of Chacabuco. -
Battle of Maipu
Battle of Maipú, also known as Battle of Maipo, was a decisive armed confrontation within the context of the Chilean War of Independence. It took place on April 5, 1818 in the sector known as Cerrillos del Maipo, west of the city of Santiago, where the patriotic forces of the United Liberation Army of Chile, formed by the troops from the River Plate (now Argentina) and the Chilean Army, faced each other. de los Andes plus the Chilean Army under the command of General José de San Martín
