Latin America Independence process timeline

  • Quito´s first call for independence

    Quito´s first call for independence
    On the night of August 9, 1809, there they decided to organize a Supreme Government Junta
  • May revolution

    May revolution
    An English schooner arrived in Buenos Aires, carrying newspapers communicating the news of the complete Spanish military defeat and the dissolution of the Central Board (Argentina)
  • Quito´s massacre

    Quito´s massacre
    The heroes of the First Cry of Independence were assassinated
  • Chile first junta

    Chile first junta
    It was made up of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Augusto Pinochet, the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force Gustavo Leigh Guzmán, the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, José Toribio Merino, and the Director General of the Carabineros, César Mendoza Durán
  • Paraguay´s victory

    Paraguay´s victory
    Paraguay independence was after the Paraguayan War
  • "Piedras" battle

    "Piedras" battle
    It was the first important triumph of José Gervasio Artigas
  • Battle of Rancagua

    Battle of Rancagua
    The royalist troops attacked and defeated the patriot army
  • Battle of Chacabuco

    Battle of Chacabuco
    The Army of the Andes of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata and the Royalist Army fought
  • Battle of Calabozo

    Battle of Calabozo
    Bolívar defeated Morillo (Venezuela)
  • Chile's independence

    Chile's independence
    Chile win the battle of Maipú
  • Vargas battle

    Vargas battle
    It was a confrontation between patriotic troops and royalist troops in the liberating campaign for the independence of what was then New Granada, today Colombia, Panama, Venezuela and Ecuador
  • Argentina´s victory

    Argentina´s victory
    Argentina win the battle of Cepeda
  • Independence of Guayaquil

    Independence of Guayaquil
    The colonial ties that existed between the territory of the Province of Guayaquil and the Spanish Empire, were broken
  • Venezuelan´s victory

    Venezuelan´s victory
    Victory in the battle of Carabobo, Venezuela win its independence.
  • Peru´s independence

    Peru´s independence
    José de San Martín proclaimed the country's independence
  • Ecuador´s victory

    Ecuador´s victory
    Freedom of the whole region
  • The battle of Pichincha

    The battle of Pichincha
    It was a warlike confrontation between the troops of the patriot army led by General Antonio José de Sucre and the royalist troops (Ecuador)
  • Peru´s victory

    Peru´s victory
    Peru win the battle of Junin (the penultimate confrontation) and the battle of Ayacucho (the last confrontation)
  • Independence war end

    Independence war end
    Between 1808 and 1826 all of Latin America except the Spanish colonies of Cuba and Puerto Rico slipped out of the hands of the Iberian powers who had ruled the region since the conquest
  • Uruguay´s victory

    Uruguay´s victory
    Uruguay declared its independence from Brazil