Bolivian War of Independence

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The Bolivian War of Independence was an early 19th-century struggle in Upper Peru that led to the end of Spanish colonial rule and the creation of the Republic of Bolivia.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf conflict
revolution
war of independence
alsoKnownAs Bolivian Independence War
War of Independence of Upper Peru
conflictType colonial war
endDate 1825-08-06
endedWithTreaty recognition of Bolivian independence by Spain (later 19th century context)
followedBy Bolivian political consolidation period
formation of the Republic of Bolivia
hasCasusBelli crisis of legitimacy of the Spanish Crown after 1808
resistance to Spanish colonial rule
hasCommander Antonio José de Sucre
José Gervasio Artigas
José de San Martín
Manuel Belgrano
Pedro Antonio Olañeta
Pedro Domingo Murillo
Simón Bolívar
hasMainBelligerent Spanish Empire
revolutionary forces of Upper Peru
royalist forces in Upper Peru
hasParticipant Army of the North (United Provinces of the Río de la Plata)
criollo elites of Upper Peru
indigenous communities in Upper Peru
mestizo militias
hasTheater Andean highlands
cities of Chuquisaca, La Paz, Potosí, Cochabamba, and Santa Cruz
influencedBy American Revolution
Enlightenment ideas
French Revolution
locatedIn Upper Peru
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
present-day Bolivia
namedAfter Bolivia
opposedBy Spanish royalist forces
partOf Spanish American wars of independence
precededBy Napoleonic invasion of Spain
primaryLanguage Spanish
result creation of the Republic of Bolivia
end of Spanish colonial rule in Upper Peru
independence of Upper Peru
significantEvent Battle of Ayacucho
Battle of Huaqui
Battle of Suipacha
Chuquisaca Revolution
La Paz Revolution of 1809
proclamation of Bolivian independence on 1825-08-06
startDate 1809-05-25

Referenced by (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Bolivian War of Independence ("Bolivian Independence War")
Bolivian War of Independence ("War of Independence of Upper Peru")
alsoKnownAs
Bolivian War of Independence ("Chuquisaca Revolution")
Bolivian War of Independence ("La Paz Revolution of 1809")
significantEvent
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
event
Latin American independence movements
hasPart
Antonio José de Sucre
participantIn

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