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The Quito Revolution (1809–1812) (Spanish: Proceso revolucionario de Quito (1809-1812)) was a series of events that took place between 1809 and 1812 in the Real Audiencia de Quito, which led to the establishment of a short-lived State of Quito, and which can be considered as the seed of the independence movements that ended up forming the current Republic of Ecuador.
There, on August 10, 1809, came one of the first calls in Latin America for independence from Spain, [1] led by the city's criollos, including Carlos de Montúfar and Bishop José Cuero y Caicedo. The short-lived State of Quito was suppressed by Juan de Sámano in the Battle of Ibarra (1812).
However, the State of Quito had an ephemeral existence, given that the viceregal troops that arrived from Lima under the command of Toribio Montes, progressively defeated the Quito armies, until they conquered the city in the Battle of El Panecillo, on November 8, 1812.
This is the central square of the city and one of the symbols of the executive power of the nation. Its main feature is the monument to the independence heroes of August 10, 1809, the date remembered as the first cry of independence of the Royal Audience of Quito from the Spanish monarchy. The square is flanked by the Carondelet Palace, the ...
Independence Day of Ecuador (Quito Revolution (1809-1812): On August 10, 1809, an autonomist Governing Junta for the Kingdom of Quito is declared in the city of Quito. (August 10, 1809) British forces led by Sir Arthur Wellesley join the Peninsular War, supporting the Spanish resistance.
This map is the last colonial representation of the urban form of Quito. After 1809 several uprisings and military battles led Quito to its independence and years after it became the Capital of Ecuador. The colonial period had ended and the new Republic started. The costs of war, political instability and economic crisis caused a very slow ...
A governing junta (Quito's second) was installed, but the viceroy of Peru, José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa sent Colonel Arredondo with a body of troops to suppress it. Quito (i.e., Ecuador) was not in the Viceroyalty of Peru at this date, but rather in the Viceroyalty of New Granada. Arredondo did suppress the insurrection, entering the city ...
His father, Francisco Calderón, supported the patriot coup in Quito on August 10, 1809, for which he was imprisoned and sent to Guayaquil and then to Cuenca and Machala. Released when he was established by the Superior Government Junta of 1810, he joined the patriot army of the State of Quito with the rank of colonel.