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La Casa de Tucumán, owned by Doña Francisca Bazán de Laguna, where independence was declared and where the first celebration of that day took place.. After the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and according to General Lamadrid, it was proposed to hold a party to celebrate the event; this would take place on the evening of the following day, 10 July, in the courtyard of the same ...
The Día de la Revolución de Mayo (May Revolution Day) on May 25 is an annual holiday in Argentina to commemorate the First National Government (and the creation of the Primera Junta), one of the significant events in the history of Argentina. These and other events of the week leading to this day are referred to as the Semana de Mayo (May Week).
What today is commonly referred as the Independence of Argentina was declared on July 9, 1816, by the Congress of Tucumán. In reality, the congressmen who were assembled in Tucumán declared the independence of the United Provinces of South America , which is one of the official names of the Argentine Republic.
Carlos María de Alvear is appointed Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata. He is removed shortly after, and replaced by José Rondeau. The Assembly of Year XIII ends its work. Artigas creates the Liga de los Pueblos Libres; Argentineans defeated in the Battle of Viluma
Historia de Belgrano y de la Independencia Argentina (English: History of Belgrano and Argentine Independence) is an Argentine history book written by Bartolomé Mitre. It is mainly a biography of Manuel Belgrano , but the author expanded the scope to the whole Argentine War of Independence , where Belgrano was involved.
The May Revolution (Spanish: Revolución de Mayo) was a week-long series of events that took place from 18 to 25 May 1810, in Buenos Aires, capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. This Spanish colony included roughly the territories of present-day Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and parts of Brazil.
The battle of El Espinillo was a naval engagement between warships of the Argentine Navy that took place on 29 September 1893 on the Paraná River, along El Espinillo Island, Entre Ríos, on the opposite bank from the city of Rosario, Santa Fe.
Provinces of Río de la Plata: Spanish Empire Viceroyalty of Peru: Commanders and leaders; Manuel Belgrano: Juan Pío de Tristán Strength; 3,000 soldiers 12 cannons [1] 3,400 soldiers 10 cannons [1] Casualties and losses; 103 dead 433 injured [1] 481 dead 114 injured 2,776 prisoners 10 cannons 2,118 muskets [1]