Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata

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Spanish viceroyalty colonial administrative division former country

The Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata was a late 18th- to early 19th-century Spanish colonial administrative region in South America that encompassed territories including present-day Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia, with Buenos Aires as its capital.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Spanish viceroyalty ⓘ colonial administrative division ⓘ former country ⓘ
borderedBy	Portuguese America ⓘ Portuguese America ⓘ surface form: Viceroyalty of Brazil (Portuguese colony) Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ
capital	Buenos Aires ⓘ
containsTerritory	Banda Oriental ⓘ Paraguay ⓘ surface form: Paraguay (colonial province) Patagonia ⓘ surface form: Patagonia (claimed) Upper Peru ⓘ parts of present-day Brazil ⓘ parts of present-day Chile ⓘ present-day Argentina ⓘ present-day Bolivia ⓘ present-day Paraguay ⓘ present-day Uruguay ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
country	Spanish Empire ⓘ
currency	Spanish colonial real ⓘ Spanish real ⓘ
dissolved	1814 ⓘ
endTime	1814 ⓘ
establishedBy	Charles III of Spain ⓘ
event	Bolivian War of Independence ⓘ British invasions of the Río de la Plata ⓘ May Revolution Day ⓘ surface form: May Revolution Paraguayan independence movement ⓘ
firstViceroy	Pedro de Cevallos ⓘ
followedBy	Bolivia ⓘ surface form: Alto Peru Brazil ⓘ surface form: Empire of Brazil Paraguay ⓘ United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves ⓘ United Provinces of Central America ⓘ United Provinces of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
governmentType	colonial administration ⓘ monarchy ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Viceroy of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
headOfState	King of Spain ⓘ
lastViceroy	Francisco Javier de Elío ⓘ
legalSystem	Spanish colonial law ⓘ
namedAfter	Río de la Plata ⓘ
notableViceroy	Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros ⓘ Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo ⓘ Santiago de Liniers ⓘ
officialLanguage	Spanish ⓘ
partOf	Spanish America ⓘ
precededBy	Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
startTime	1776 ⓘ
subdivisionOf	Spanish Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

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

Santiago de Liniers → activeIn → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Bourbon Reforms → affectedRegion → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Viceroy of the Río de la Plata → appliesToJurisdiction → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Laws of the Indies → appliesToTerritory → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

José de San Martín → birthPlace → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Captaincy General of Chile → borderedBy → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Bourbon Reforms → created → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Santiago de Liniers → deathPlace → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

United Provinces of the Río de la Plata → followed → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros → governedTerritory → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Viceroy of the Río de la Plata → governmentalBody → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Spanish Empire → hasPart → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Bourbon Spain → implementedIn → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Spanish America → includes → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Council of the Indies → jurisdiction → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

this entity surface form: viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata

Potosí → laterPartOf → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Bolivian War of Independence → locatedIn → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

British invasions of the Río de la Plata → location → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Latin American independence movements → location → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Argentine War of Independence → mainTheater → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Francisco Javier de Elío → officeJurisdiction → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Banda Oriental → partOf → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Royal Audiencia of Charcas → partOf → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Upper Peru → partOf → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

José Gervasio Artigas → placeOfBirth → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Paraguayan independence movement → region → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo → regionOfActivity → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Viceroyalty of Peru → successor → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ