Battle of San Nicolás

When

2 Mar 1811

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

33.36° S, 60.14° W

Description

1811 naval battle between Spanish royalists and Buenos Aires revolutionary government

1811 naval engagement in the Argentine War of Independence

The Battle of San Nicolás was a naval engagement on 2 March 1811 on the Paraná River between the Spanish royalists from Montevideo, and the first flotilla created by the revolutionary government of Buenos Aires. It was the first engagement between the two fleets in the Río de la Plata region since the revolution, and a royalist victory.

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