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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.
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.
1820 print depicting the Cortes Generales. King Ferdinand VII provoked widespread unrest, particularly in the army, by refusing to accept the liberal Spanish Constitution of 1812. The King sought to reclaim the Spanish colonies in the Americas that had recently revolted successfully, consequently depriving Spain from an important source of revenue.
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divided between the constitution's liberal principles and the absolutism personified by the rule of Ferdinand VII, who repealed the 1812 Constitution for the first time in 1814, only to be forced to ...
Trienio Liberal (1820–1823), the establishment of a liberal government in Spain and the restoration of the Constitution of 1812; Spanish Revolution of 1854, also known as the Vicalvarada, a revolution in Madrid that began the Bienio progresista; Glorious Revolution (Spain) (1868), a revolution against Queen Isabella II
After the Spanish Revolution of 1868 deposed Isabella II, while a new monarch was sought, a provisional government and a regency headed by Francisco Serrano y Domínguez from 8 October 1868 until 2 January 1871 was established.
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The Royal Audiencia of Quito had been a Royalist stronghold after the brutal suppression of the Quito Revolution (1809–1812). But after Bolívar's campaign which liberated Colombia in 1819, the Patriots in Guayaquil regained courage and organized in 1820 the successful October 9 Revolution, which led to the establishment of the Free Province of Guayaquil.