Latin America Independence process timeline

  • 1895 BCE

    INDEPENDENCE OF CUBA

    INDEPENDENCE OF CUBA
    José Martí organizes the Cuban Revolutionary Party and looks for the old leaders of the revolution, unifies the different currents, builds a small army, and disembarks in Cuba. Martí dies in one of the combat actions (1895), but the revolutionary army continues to fight. The USA does not want to lose the possibility of taking over the largest island of the Antilles and, in 1898.
  • INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES

    INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES
    The War of Independence of the United States was a warlike conflict that pitted the original Thirteen British Colonies in North America against the Kingdom of Great Britain. It occurred between 1775 and 1783, ending with the British defeat at the Battle of Yorktown and the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
  • Haitian independence

    Haitian independence
    François Dominique Toussaint-Louverture took charge of a slave revolt on the French side of the island of Hispaniola and led it between 1793 and 1802. He faced Spanish, English, and French, until his capture, exile, and death in France. In 1803, Jean Jacques Dessalines finally defeated the French troops and, in 1804, declared the independence of Haiti. It was, thus, the second independent country in America, in this case, led by blacks.
  • 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)
  • Independence of venezuela

    Independence of venezuela
    The independence of Venezuela was the legal-political process developed between 1810 and 1830 in order to break the ties that existed between the Captaincy General of Venezuela and the Spanish Empire. It also implied the replacement of the absolute monarchy by the republic as a form of government in Venezuela.
  • MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE

    MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE
    The priest Miguel Hidalgo was placed in front of the Indians and peasants and launched, as we saw, the "cry of independence" in the town of Dolores. Throughout three years, it obtained triumphs with its army and occupied several cities of Mexico, but was defeated in Guadalajara and executed by the realistic authorities in 1811.
  • independence from SALVADOR

    independence from SALVADOR
    Salvador acquires its status as a free and independent republic in 1859 (although the constitution document is not physically present in the country), after separating from the Central American Federation in 1841, a union that was de facto dissolved 2 years earlier, in 1839, at the rest of the states are separated from this
  • paraguay independence

    paraguay independence
    On July 20, 1811, the Paraguayan junta sent a note in which it communicated that Paraguay would govern itself. ... The Paraguayans have made a revolution without firing a gun. On November 25, 1842, the independence of Paraguay was formally proclaimed, after the death of Doctor Francia.
  • INDEPENDENCE OF ARGENTINA

    INDEPENDENCE OF ARGENTINA
    The Declaration of Independence of Argentina was a decision taken on Tuesday, July 9, 1816 by the Congress of Tucumán, by which it said the formal rupture of the ties of political dependence of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata with the Spanish monarchy .
  • INDEPENDENCE OF CHILE

    INDEPENDENCE OF CHILE
    Chile won its formal independence when San Martín defeated the last large Spanish force on Chilean soil at the Battle of Maipú on April 5, 1818. San Martín then led his Argentine and Chilean followers north to liberate Peru; and fighting continued in Chile's southern provinces, the bastion of the royalists, until 1826.
  • NEW GRANADA independence

    NEW GRANADA independence
    The Viceroyalty of New Granada (Spanish: Virreinato de Nueva Granada [birejˈnato ðe ˈnweβa ɣɾaˈnaða]) was the name given on 27 May 1717, to the jurisdiction of the Spanish Empire in northern South America, corresponding to modern Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.
  • INDEPENDENCE OF NICARAGUA

    INDEPENDENCE OF NICARAGUA
    The independence of Nicaragua occurred during September 1821, when observing how other Spanish regions won the war of independence, the Nicaraguan leaders began a negotiation process, by drafting an act of independence that was recognized by the heads of the Crown.
  • BRAZIL: MONARCHICAL INDEPENDENCE

    BRAZIL: MONARCHICAL INDEPENDENCE
    When Napoleon invaded Portugal, Juan VI took refuge in Brazil (1807) and later promoted a legal reform (1815) by declaring Brazil as the territorial base of the "Empire of Brazil, Portugal, and the Algarve". Thus, Rio de Janeiro becomes the seat of an absolute monarchy as well as those of Europe, and no longer a colony. In 1821, Juan VI returned to Portugal, leaving his son Pedro de Braganza as governor of Brazil, but the following year he proclaimed himself emperor of Brazil. I
  • INDEPENDENCE PERU

    INDEPENDENCE PERU
    With the withdrawal of the royalists from Lima, General San Martin proclaimed the independence of the Peruvian State on July 28, 1821, and under his Protectorate the first Constituent Congress of the country was formed. With the Maynas War, the Peruvian east was pacified in 1822
  • INDEPENDENCE BOLIVIA

    INDEPENDENCE BOLIVIA
    The Bolivian War of Independence took place in its territory during the period from 1809 to 1825. In this conflict the Bolivian patriots fought against the Spanish royalists. The patriots were victorious, obtaining the Independence of Bolivia. This conflict continues throughout almost the entire independence process.
  • URUGUAY independence

    URUGUAY independence
    On August 25, 1825, in the Florida Congress, the total independence of the eastern territory with respect to the Kingdom of Portugal was declared, and at the same time, its will to return to form part, as one more province, of the Argentine Provinces.
  • INDEPENDENCE OF HONDURAS

    INDEPENDENCE OF HONDURAS
    Honduras declared its independence from Central America on November 15, 1838. In January 1839, the country's first constitution was formally adopted. General Francisco Ferrera became the first president (1841 - 42) of the country after he ran as the only candidate.
  • REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA

    REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA
    In 2018, life expectancy in the Dominican Republic increased to 73.89 years. ... The Dominican Republic maintains position 96 in the ranking of the 192 countries for which we publish Life Expectancy. This means that it is approximately in the middle of the ranking of countries by life expectancy.
  • INDEPENDENCE OF COSTA RICA

    INDEPENDENCE OF COSTA RICA
    During the independence period Napoleon's Invasion of Spain occurs creating a resistance between the Spanish and the Americans. As for the Cortes of Cádiz, this was a constituent assembly voted in the city of Cádiz from 1810 to 1814, they were represented by the liberals, conservatives and the bourgeoisie who replaced some conservative representatives as they were unable to access Cádiz by the French occupation. Where the Constitution of Cádiz is promulgated.
  • independencia puerto rico

    independencia puerto rico
    On December 10, 1898, the Treaty of Paris was signed, by which Spain was obliged to cede Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Philippines and Guam to the United States, on April 11, 1899. In 1900, the Foraker Act created a government civilian government that replaced the occupying military government.