Argentine War of Independence

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The Argentine War of Independence was an early 19th-century conflict in which revolutionary forces in the Río de la Plata region fought to break free from Spanish colonial rule and establish an independent nation.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Argentine Revolution	1
Argentine independence movement	1
Guerra de Independencia Argentina	1
Revolución de Mayo	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	conflict ⓘ revolutionary war ⓘ war of independence ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Argentine War of Independence ⓘ surface form: Argentine Revolution Argentine War of Independence ⓘ surface form: Guerra de Independencia Argentina
belligerent	Patriot forces in the Río de la Plata ⓘ Royalist forces in Upper Peru ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ United Provinces of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
cause	Napoleonic invasion of Spain ⓘ Spanish colonial rule in the Americas ⓘ crisis of legitimacy of the Spanish monarchy ⓘ
conflictType	colonial war ⓘ
countryEstablished	Argentina ⓘ
declarationSignedAt	Congress of Tucumán ⓘ
endDate	1818 ⓘ
followedBy	Argentine Civil Wars ⓘ
goal	establishment of a sovereign Argentine state ⓘ independence from Spain ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 19th century ⓘ
involvedOrganization	Army of the Andes ⓘ Army of the North ⓘ Primera Junta de Gobierno ⓘ surface form: Primera Junta Royal Army of Peru ⓘ
keyEvent	Battle of Chacabuco ⓘ Battle of Maipú ⓘ Army of the Andes ⓘ surface form: Crossing of the Andes Declaration of Independence of the United Provinces of South America ⓘ First Upper Peru campaign ⓘ May Revolution Day ⓘ surface form: May Revolution Oriental Province campaign ⓘ Paraguayan campaign ⓘ Second Upper Peru campaign ⓘ Third Upper Peru campaign ⓘ
keyEventDate	1816-07-09 ⓘ
mainTheater	Chile ⓘ Río de la Plata region ⓘ United Provinces of the Río de la Plata ⓘ Upper Peru ⓘ Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
notableCommander	Cornelio Saavedra ⓘ José de San Martín ⓘ Juan Martín de Pueyrredón ⓘ Manuel Belgrano ⓘ Martín Miguel de Güemes ⓘ
opposingCommander	Joaquín de la Pezuela ⓘ José Fernando de Abascal ⓘ Rafael de Sobremonte ⓘ
partOf	Latin American independence movements ⓘ surface form: Latin American wars of independence Latin American independence movements ⓘ surface form: Spanish American wars of independence
precededBy	British invasions of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
relatedIdeology	Creole nationalism ⓘ liberalism ⓘ republicanism ⓘ
result	Argentine independence consolidated ⓘ decline of Spanish control in the Río de la Plata ⓘ
startDate	1810-05-25 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Argentine War of Independence → alsoKnownAs → Argentine War of Independence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Argentine Revolution

Argentine War of Independence → alsoKnownAs → Argentine War of Independence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guerra de Independencia Argentina

May Revolution Day → alsoKnownAs → Argentine War of Independence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Revolución de Mayo

Monument to José de San Martín → commemorates → Argentine War of Independence ⓘ

United Provinces of the Río de la Plata → conflict → Argentine War of Independence ⓘ

Paraguayan independence movement → distinctFrom → Argentine War of Independence ⓘ

Latin American independence movements → hasPart → Argentine War of Independence ⓘ

Spanish America → independenceMovement → Argentine War of Independence ⓘ

British invasions of the Río de la Plata → influenced → Argentine War of Independence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Argentine independence movement

May Revolution Day → relatedEvent → Argentine War of Independence ⓘ

Independence Day (9 July) → relatedTo → Argentine War of Independence ⓘ