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The Attack on the Brazilian Fort in Punta del Este was a short-lived military operation during the Cisplatine War, led by Brigadier General Juan Antonio Lavalleja.The operation took place between August 17 and 19, 1827, in the region now known as Punta del Este in Uruguay.
The Cisplatine War [b] was an armed conflict fought in the 1820s between the Empire of Brazil and the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata over control of Brazil's Cisplatina province. It was fought in the aftermath of the United Provinces' and Brazil's independence from Spain and Portugal, respectively, and resulted in the independence of ...
The naval Battle of Punta Colares, also known as the Battle of Corales, was the first major naval engagement of the Cisplatine War.It took place between a fleet of the Empire of Brazil, commanded by admiral Rodrigo José Ferreira Lobo, and a squadron of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata under the command of admiral William Brown.
The Irish and German revolt (Portuguese: Revolta dos Mercenários) in Brazil was a revolt of German and Irish mercenaries in 1828 during the Cisplatine War of 1825–1828. . The immigrants, who were recruited in their homelands to come to Brazil, discovered that the promises made to them by the Brazilian government were not fulfil
The name comes from the Latin prefix "cis" meaning "on this side of" and "platina", a reference to the Río de la Plata.Thus, the name Cisplatina means "province on the same side of the Río de la Plata", alluding to the fact that, from the Brazilian perspective, the region is located on the same side of the river as Brazil, cf. Cisalpine.
The Battle of Vacacai, also known as the Battle of Bacacay or Vacacay, was a small skirmish fought on 13 February 1827 between a small militia cavalry force of the Imperial Brazilian Army and an Argentine detachment in the context of the Cisplatine War.
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The Preliminary Peace Convention was a bilateral treaty signed on 27 August 1828 between the Empire of Brazil and the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, after British mediation, that put an end to the Cisplatine War and recognized the independence of Uruguay.