What the records say
- When
- 25 May 1809
- Kind
- Rebellion
- Coordinates
- 20.00° S, 64.42° W
- Description
- popular uprising in Chuquisaca in favor of self-government, King Ferdinand VII and the Empire of Spain
Placed at the district its description names, Chuquisaca.
Chuquisaca Revolution
1809 popular uprising against Spanish colonial rule in Chuquisaca (now Sucre, Bolivia)
The Chuquisaca Revolution was a popular uprising on 25 May 1809 against Ramón García de León y Pizarro, Governor-intendant of the Intendancy of Chuquisaca. The Real Audiencia of Charcas, with support from the faculty of University of Saint Francis Xavier, deposed the governor and formed a junta.
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