Battle of Carabobo

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Carabobo was a decisive 1821 engagement in the Venezuelan War of Independence in which Simón Bolívar’s forces secured a major victory that effectively ensured Venezuela’s liberation from Spanish rule.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Carabobo canonical	11
Battle of Carabobo (linked Venezuelan campaign)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
associatedWith	José Antonio Páez ⓘ Simón Bolívar ⓘ Venezuelan independence movement ⓘ
belligerent	Patriot forces ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ
combatant	Gran Colombia ⓘ surface form: Republic of Colombia (Gran Colombia) Royalist forces in Venezuela ⓘ
commander	Ambrosio Plaza ⓘ José Antonio Páez ⓘ Manuel Cedeño ⓘ Miguel de la Torre ⓘ Simón Bolívar ⓘ Thomas Ildeston Ferrier ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Carabobo Day ⓘ
commemoratedOn	June 24 ⓘ
conflict	Venezuelan War of Independence ⓘ
consequence	collapse of major Spanish royalist power in Venezuela ⓘ opened the way for the capture of Caracas by patriot forces ⓘ secured effective independence of Venezuela from Spanish rule ⓘ
country	Venezuela ⓘ
date	1821-06-24 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Lake Maracaibo ⓘ capture of Puerto Cabello ⓘ
historicalEra	19th century ⓘ The Age of Revolution ⓘ surface form: Age of Revolutions
involvedUnit	British Legion ⓘ Irish Legion ⓘ Llanero cavalry ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources	Spanish ⓘ
location	Carabobo, Venezuela ⓘ
memorial	Campo de Carabobo monument ⓘ
notableFor	participation of foreign volunteer legions ⓘ use of flanking maneuvers by Simón Bolívar ⓘ
opponentForceType	Spanish royalist army ⓘ
partOf	Latin American independence movements ⓘ surface form: Spanish American wars of independence
patriotForceType	army of Gran Colombia ⓘ surface form: republican army of Gran Colombia
precededBy	Battle of Boyacá ⓘ
region	northern South America ⓘ
result	Patriot victory ⓘ decisive victory for independence forces ⓘ
significance	key turning point in the liberation of northern South America from Spanish rule ⓘ
strategicImportance	decisive for Venezuelan independence ⓘ
terrain	open plains near Carabobo ⓘ
theater	Venezuelan War of Independence ⓘ
year	1821 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Simón Bolívar → battle → Battle of Carabobo ⓘ

Venezuelan War of Independence → notableBattle → Battle of Carabobo ⓘ

Venezuelan War of Independence → turningPoint → Battle of Carabobo ⓘ

Colombian War of Independence → significantEvent → Battle of Carabobo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Carabobo (linked Venezuelan campaign)

llanero cavalry → notableEngagement → Battle of Carabobo ⓘ

Battle of Pichincha → relatedEvent → Battle of Carabobo ⓘ

Royalist forces of the Viceroyalty of New Granada → conflict → Battle of Carabobo ⓘ

José Antonio Páez → notableWork → Battle of Carabobo ⓘ

José Antonio Páez → participantIn → Battle of Carabobo ⓘ

Battle of Lake Maracaibo → precededBy → Battle of Carabobo ⓘ

army of Gran Colombia → engagement → Battle of Carabobo ⓘ

subject surface form: Army of Gran Colombia

Carabobo → knownFor → Battle of Carabobo ⓘ