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The Decembrist revolution (Spanish: Revolución decembrina) was a military coup in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Juan Lavalle , returning with the troops that fought in the Argentine-Brazilian War , performed a coup on 1 December 1828, capturing and killing the governor Manuel Dorrego and ultimately closing the legislature.
The Trienio Liberal, ([ˈtɾjenjo liβeˈɾal]) or Three Liberal Years, was a period of three years in the modern history of Spain between 1820 and 1823, when a liberal government ruled Spain after a military uprising in January 1820 by the lieutenant-colonel Rafael de Riego against the absolutist rule of Ferdinand VII.
The October 9 Revolution was a successful revolt against the Spanish Empire in Guayaquil on October 9, 1820. It was led by the General Antonio José de Sucre and directed by Simón Bolívar. The revolt established a revolutionary junta and created the Free Province of Guayaquil, an independent state.
Trienio Liberal (1820–1823), ... 1931-1939 (Trotsky book), a collection of texts written by Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky on the Spanish Civil War;
Spain in the 19th century was a country in turmoil. Occupied by Napoleon from 1808 to 1814, a massively destructive "liberation war" ensued.Following the Spanish Constitution of 1812, Spain was divided between the constitution's liberal principles and the absolutism personified by the rule of Ferdinand VII, who repealed the 1812 Constitution for the first time in 1814, only to be forced to ...
When Spanish liberals overthrew the autocratic rule of Ferdinand VII in 1820, conservatives in New Spain saw political independence as a way to maintain their position. The unified military force entered Mexico City in triumph in September 1821 and the Spanish viceroy Juan O'Donojú signed the Treaty of Córdoba , ending Spanish rule.
Spanish regular and irregular forces fighting in the Somosierra Pass against a French invading army. The Peninsular War was the trigger for conflicts in Spanish America in the absence of a legitimate monarch. The Peninsular War began an extended period of instability in the worldwide Spanish monarchy that lasted until 1823.
The "counter-revolution" began as early as March 9, 1820, when Ferdinand VII swore allegiance to the Constitution of 1812 for the first time. The king himself led the counter-revolutionary efforts, as he never accepted the constitutional regime.