Battle of Pichincha

When

24 May 1822

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

0.22° S, 78.53° W

Description

battle of the Ecuadorian War of Independence on the slopes of the Pichincha volcano overlooking Quito, resulting in a final victory for the independence movement a

Battle of the Ecuadorian War of Independence

The Battle of Pichincha took place on 24 May 1822, on the slopes of the Pichincha volcano, 3,500 meters above sea-level, right next to the city of Quito, in modern Ecuador.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Pichincha: Simón Bolívar secures the independence of Quito”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en liaison avec l’insurrection de Guayaquil, le général Sucre, lieutenant de Simón Bolívar”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ecuador se independiza de España tras la batalla de Pichincha”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Ecuadorian War of Independence1820 · War of independence