Battle of Santa Rosa

When

20 Mar 1856

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

10.83° N, 85.61° W

Description

1856 Filibuster War battle in Nicaragua

1856 Filibuster War battle in Nicaragua

In the 19th century, Nicaragua was beset by political issues among liberals and conservatives, allowing William Walker, an American Southerner seeking to establish English-speaking slavery states in Latin America, to ascend to the Nicaraguan presidency.

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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 “Filibuster War: Battle of Santa Rosa: – Costa Rican troops rout Walker's soldiers”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “tiene lugar la batalla de Santa Rosa, en la que los costarricenses expulsaron del territorio nacional a un ejército de filibusteros estadounidenses”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page