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American victory Battle of Tearcoat Swamp: October 25, 1780 South Carolina American victory La Balme's Defeat: November 5, 1780: Quebec: British-Iroquois victory Battle of Fishdam Ford: November 9, 1780: South Carolina: American victory Battle of Blackstock's Farm: November 20, 1780: South Carolina: American victory Battle of Fort St. George ...
Equestrian statue of Simón Bolívar. The military and political career of Simón Bolívar (July 24, 1783 – December 17, 1830), which included both formal service in the armies of various revolutionary regimes and actions organized by himself or in collaboration with other exile patriot leaders during the years from 1811 to 1830, was an important element in the success of the independence ...
The action of 9 August 1780 was a naval engagement during the American Revolutionary War and a part of the Anglo-French War (1778–1783) in which a Spanish fleet, led by Admiral Luis de Córdova y Córdova, along with a squadron of French ships, encountered a large British convoy.
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios Ponte y Blanco [c] (24 July 1783 – 17 December 1830) was a Venezuelan statesman and military officer who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bolivia to independence from the Spanish Empire.
Battle of Boyacá, 1819 - the British Legion played a crucial part in Bolivar's victory over Spanish forces. From 1817, recruitment for service in South America took place in the United Kingdom. Many were veterans of the Napoleonic and colonial British wars and left their country to fight for Bolivar.
The Spanish American wars of independence (Spanish: Guerras de independencia hispanoamericanas) took place across the Spanish Empire in the early 19th century. The struggles in both hemispheres began shortly after the outbreak of the Peninsular War, forming part of the broader context of the Napoleonic Wars.
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was an armed conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.
The fighting here was largely inconclusive but the French were unable to displace the British and fighting only ended upon learning of the provisional Anglo-French-Spanish peace treaties of 1783. [6] The Bourbon War helped secure American independence and bring an end to the First British Empire [12] but turned out to be detrimental to the ...