Latin American wars of independence

1808 – 1824

Revolutionaries across Spanish America fought Spanish royalist forces after Napoleon's invasion of Spain weakened the Crown. By the mid-1820s almost all of mainland Spanish America had become independent.

Overview Contemporaries

Battles 1

Brazilian War of Independence January 9, 1822 – March 8, 1824 · Independentist victory
- Siege of Salvador (1822–1823) March 2, 1822 – July 2, 1823 · Brazilian victory
- Battle of Pirajá November 8, 1822 · Brazilian victory
- Battle of Itaparica January 7–9, 1823 · Brazilian victory
- Battle of Jenipapo March 13, 1823 · Portuguese victory
- Battle of 4 May May 4, 1823 · Inconclusive