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The flag was raised and a 21-gun salute fired amidst the ringing of church bells (this day is marked as Paraguayan Independence Day). On May 17 a public proclamation informed the people that a ruling junta, consisting of governor Velasco, Gaspar Rodriguez de Francia and Spanish-born Army captain Juan Valeriano de Zeballos had been created.
The event influenced the independence of Paraguay, which subsequently materialized in 1811. The secret meetings between the independence leaders to plan an ambush against the Spanish Governor in Paraguay (Bernardo de Velasco) took place at the home of Juana María de Lara, in downtown Asunción. On the night of 14 and 15 May 1811, the rebels ...
Labour Day: Día de los Trabajadores May 14 Independence Day: Dia de la Independencia June 12 Chaco Armistice Day: Dia de la Paz del Chaco End of the Chaco War. August 15 Founding of Asunción: Fundación de Asunción Arrival of the Spaniards. Moved to August 14 for 2017. September 29 Boqueron Battle: Victoria de Boquerón Chaco War decisive ...
The Casa de la Independencia Museum is a history museum and historic house located in Asunción, Paraguay. [1]The museum was inaugurated on May 14, 1965, and showcases pieces of history that date back to the independence of the country.
Paraguay at independence was a relatively undeveloped country. Most residents of Asunción and virtually all rural inhabitants were illiterate. University education was limited to the few who could afford studies at the National University of Córdoba, in present-day Argentina. Very few people had any experience in government, finance, or ...
Yet the day he was praising was July 2, the day independence was declared by the Second Continental Congress, not July 4. Yes, folks, we Americans are doing it wrong by celebrating Independence ...
During the pillaging of Asunción in 1869, the Imperial Brazilian Army packed up and transported the Paraguayan National Archives to Rio de Janeiro. [34] [f] Brazil's records from the war have remained classified. This has made Paraguayan history in the colonial and early national periods difficult to research and study. [35]
The Paraguay campaign (1810–11) of the Argentine War of Independence was the attempt by a Buenos Aires-sponsored militia, commanded by Manuel Belgrano, to win the royalist Intendency of Paraguay for the cause of May Revolution.