✦ History

Battle of Pichincha

May 24, 1822 · Battle of Pichincha

Part of Spanish American wars of independence

Contemporaries On the map

Antonio José de Sucre won on the slopes of the volcano above Quito, freeing Ecuador.

Sides

Patriots

Gran Colombia
Peru
Chile
Antonio José de Sucre military commander Andrés de Santa Cruz military commander José María Córdova military commander

Royalists

Spain