Argentine War of Independence

Argentine War of Independence
	Part of the Spanish American wars of independence
	; From top and left: Crossing of the Andes, Battle of Salta, 22 May 1810 Open Cabildo, Battle of San Lorenzo, Battle of Suipacha, 1813 Assembly, Shooting of Liniers, Jujuy Exodus.
Date	18 May 1810 – 5 April 1818; (7 years, 10 months, 2 weeks and 3 days)
Location	Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia
Result	Argentine victory and emancipation from Spanish colonial rule
Belligerents
Patriots:; United Provinces of the Río de la Plata; Orientals; Chile; Republiquetas	Royalists; Spanish Monarchy; Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata; Viceroyalty of Peru;
Commanders and leaders
Manuel Belgrano; José de San Martín; Martín Miguel de Güemes †; Juan José Castelli; José Gervasio Artigas; William Brown; Carlos María de Alvear	Bernardo de Velasco; José Manuel de Goyeneche; Joaquín de la Pezuela; Pedro Antonio Olañeta †; Santiago de Liniers ; Vicente Nieto

The Argentine War of Independence (Spanish: Guerra de Independencia de Argentina) was a secessionist civil war fought from 1810 to 1818 by Argentine patriotic forces under Manuel Belgrano, Juan José Castelli, Martin Miguel de Guemes and José de San Martín against royalist forces loyal to the Spanish crown. On July 9, 1816, an assembly met in San Miguel de Tucumán, declaring independence with provisions for a national constitution.

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