Battle of La Victoria
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The Battle of La Victoria was a key 1814 engagement in the Venezuelan War of Independence in which republican forces, including many student volunteers, successfully defended the town of La Victoria against royalist troops.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Batalla de La Victoria | 1 |
| Battle of La Victoria canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T928817 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of La Victoria Context triple: [Venezuelan War of Independence, notableBattle, Battle of La Victoria]
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A.
Battle of Calderón Bridge
The Battle of Calderón Bridge was a major 1811 royalist victory over insurgent forces during the Mexican War of Independence that marked a turning point by halting the early rebel advance.
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B.
Battle of Santa Clara
The Battle of Santa Clara was a decisive late-1958 engagement in the Cuban Revolution, led in part by Che Guevara, whose victory helped precipitate the collapse of Fulgencio Batista’s regime.
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C.
Battle of Cerro Gordo
The Battle of Cerro Gordo was a pivotal 1847 engagement in which U.S. forces under General Winfield Scott outflanked and decisively defeated Mexican troops defending the road to Mexico City.
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D.
Battle of Monte de las Cruces
The Battle of Monte de las Cruces was a major early victory for Miguel Hidalgo’s insurgent forces over Spanish royalists in 1810, marking a pivotal moment in the Mexican War of Independence.
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E.
Battle of Boyacá
The Battle of Boyacá was a decisive 1819 military engagement in the Colombian War of Independence that secured New Granada’s liberation from Spanish rule and paved the way for the creation of Gran Colombia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of La Victoria Target entity description: The Battle of La Victoria was a key 1814 engagement in the Venezuelan War of Independence in which republican forces, including many student volunteers, successfully defended the town of La Victoria against royalist troops.
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A.
Battle of Calderón Bridge
The Battle of Calderón Bridge was a major 1811 royalist victory over insurgent forces during the Mexican War of Independence that marked a turning point by halting the early rebel advance.
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B.
Battle of Santa Clara
The Battle of Santa Clara was a decisive late-1958 engagement in the Cuban Revolution, led in part by Che Guevara, whose victory helped precipitate the collapse of Fulgencio Batista’s regime.
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C.
Battle of Cerro Gordo
The Battle of Cerro Gordo was a pivotal 1847 engagement in which U.S. forces under General Winfield Scott outflanked and decisively defeated Mexican troops defending the road to Mexico City.
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D.
Battle of Monte de las Cruces
The Battle of Monte de las Cruces was a major early victory for Miguel Hidalgo’s insurgent forces over Spanish royalists in 1810, marking a pivotal moment in the Mexican War of Independence.
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E.
Battle of Boyacá
The Battle of Boyacá was a decisive 1819 military engagement in the Colombian War of Independence that secured New Granada’s liberation from Spanish rule and paved the way for the creation of Gran Colombia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of La Victoria
ⓘ
surface form:
Batalla de La Victoria
|
| associatedWith |
Youth Day
ⓘ
surface form:
Día de la Juventud
Venezuelan War of Independence ⓘ
surface form:
Venezuelan independence movement
|
| attacker | Royalist forces ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Republican forces
ⓘ
Royalist forces ⓘ |
| chronologyPosition | early 1814 campaign in Venezuelan War of Independence ⓘ |
| combatant |
Spanish royalists
ⓘ
Venezuelan republicans ⓘ |
| commander |
Francisco Tomás Morales
ⓘ
José Félix Ribas ⓘ José Tomás Boves ⓘ |
| commandersSide |
Francisco Tomás Morales – royalist side
ⓘ
José Félix Ribas – republican side ⓘ José Tomás Boves – royalist side ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | February 12 ⓘ |
| conflict | Venezuelan War of Independence ⓘ |
| country | Venezuela ⓘ |
| date | 1814-02-12 ⓘ |
| defendedBy | students from seminaries and universities ⓘ |
| defender | Republican forces ⓘ |
| era |
Latin American independence movements
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin American wars of independence
|
| followedBy | continued royalist campaigns in central Venezuela ⓘ |
| hasCasusBelli | Royalist attempt to capture La Victoria ⓘ |
| hasType | urban battle ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Latin American independence movements
ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish American wars of independence
|
| involves |
artillery and infantry combat
ⓘ
local militias ⓘ student militias ⓘ |
| languageOfSources | Spanish ⓘ |
| location | La Victoria, Aragua, Venezuela ⓘ |
| memorializedBy | Día de la Juventud (Youth Day) in Venezuela ⓘ |
| notableParticipant |
José Félix Ribas
ⓘ
student volunteers ⓘ |
| outcome | Royalist troops repelled ⓘ |
| partOf | Venezuelan War of Independence ⓘ |
| precededBy | Royalist offensives of 1814 in Venezuela ⓘ |
| region |
Portuguesa State
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surface form:
Aragua state
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| result | Republican victory ⓘ |
| significance |
helped delay royalist advance toward Caracas
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key engagement in the Venezuelan War of Independence ⓘ |
| strategicObjective | defense of La Victoria ⓘ |
| tactics | urban defense and street fighting ⓘ |
| usedFor | symbol of youth sacrifice in Venezuela ⓘ |
| year | 1814 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of La Victoria Description of subject: The Battle of La Victoria was a key 1814 engagement in the Venezuelan War of Independence in which republican forces, including many student volunteers, successfully defended the town of La Victoria against royalist troops.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Batalla de La Victoria