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The May Revolution (Spanish: Revolución de Mayo) was a week-long series of events that took place from 18 to 25 May 1810, in Buenos Aires, capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. This Spanish colony included roughly the territories of present-day Argentina , Bolivia , Paraguay , Uruguay , and parts of Brazil .
The Día de la Revolución de Mayo (May Revolution Day) on May 25 is an annual holiday in Argentina to commemorate the First National Government (and the creation of the Primera Junta), one of the significant events in the history of Argentina. These and other events of the week leading to this day are referred to as the Semana de Mayo (May Week).
The May Revolution (Spanish: Revolución de Mayo) was a week-long series of revolutionary events that took place from 18 to 25 May 1810, in Buenos Aires, capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. It started the Argentine War of Independence, and it is considered the birth of modern Argentina.
Elío declares war against the Junta of Buenos Aires, but gets sieged by the surrounding cities. Mariano Moreno resigns from the Primera Junta , and dies at sea while traveling to Europe. Nevertheless, disputes between Saavedrist and Morenist groups in Buenos Aires continue.
Regarding Argentina: U-977 and U-530 surrender to the Argentine Navy. Several nazis secretly protected by Argentina by the use of ratlines. Thousands of Argentine volunteers served with all three British armed services, particularly the Royal Air Force, as well as the Royal Canadian Air Force. [6] [7] Third Paraguayan Civil War (1947) Paraguay
The May Revolution (Spanish: Revolución de Mayo) was a series of revolutionary political and social events that took place during the early nineteenth century in the city of Buenos Aires, capital of the Spanish Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, a colony of the Spanish Crown which at the time contained the present-day nations of Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay.
The Primera Junta ("First Junta") or Junta Provisional Gubernativa de las Provincias del Río de la Plata ("Provisional Governing Junta of the Provinces of the Río de la Plata"), [1] is the most common name given to the first government of what would eventually become Argentina. It was formed on 25 May 1810, as a result of the events of the ...
These de facto dictators termed their government program the "National Reorganization Process"; and "Dirty War" (Spanish: guerra sucia) is the name used by the military junta or civic-military dictatorship of Argentina (Spanish: dictadura cívico-militar de Argentina) for this period of state terrorism in Argentina [56] as part of Operation Condor.