When did Argentina declare independence at Tucumán?
Independence declared at Tucumán
El 9 de julio: la declaración de la independencia en Tucumán
9 July 1816. Six years after the May Revolution, with Ferdinand VII back on his throne and royalist armies winning in the north, a congress of the United Provinces met in…
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Where: Río de la Plata, Argentina
What happened
Six years after the May Revolution, with Ferdinand VII back on his throne and royalist armies winning in the north, a congress of the United Provinces met in the town of San Miguel de Tucumán, far from Buenos Aires. On Tuesday 9 July 1816, in a rented house now known as the Casa de Tucumán, the deputies declared the formal end of political dependence on the Spanish monarchy. Ten days later, to stop rumours of a deal with Portugal, they added a renunciation of 'any other foreign domination'. San Martín, preparing his army in Mendoza, had pressed for the declaration: he could not invade Chile in the name of a king. The house is today the National Museum of Independence, and 9 July is Argentina's Independence Day.
Say it
El 9 de julio de 1816 el Congreso de Tucumán declaró la independencia.
On 9 July 1816 the Congress of Tucumán declared independence.
Why it matters
Tucumán turned the revolution of 1810 into a state with a name, Provincias Unidas, and a holiday. The two dates, 25 May and 9 July, still frame the Argentine civic year.
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Connected
- The independence of Spanish America (1808–1826)
- The May Revolution in Buenos Aires (25 May 1810)
- The May Revolution in Buenos Aires (25 May 1810)
- The Constitution of Cádiz (19 March 1812)
- San Martín crosses the Andes (January 1817–5 April 1818)
- San Martín crosses the Andes (January 1817–5 April 1818)
Sources
- 9 de julio de 1816: Declaración de la Independencia de la Argentina — argentina.gob.ar
- El Ejército Libertador — Memoria Chilena, Biblioteca Nacional de Chile