- Timeline of the main events:
- Pre Independence of South America
- 1780 Revolt and capture of Cuzco, capital of the rebels
- 1783 unsuccessful siege of Lima
- 1785 Large swaths of South of Perú in hands of the rebels. Kingdom of Cuzco proclaimed
- 1786 The negotiations of the Treaty of Puno recognize the Kingdom of Cuzco (South Peru)
- 1793 Truce of Puno broken by Viceregal authorities staring a long guerrilla war of the Kingdom of Cuzco
- 1806 First British invasion of the River Plate
- 1807 French and Spanish invasion of Portugal
- 1807 Second British invasion of the River Plate
- Wars of Independence of South America
- 1808 Abdication of Charles IV of Spain and his son Ferdinand VII under pressure from Napoleon. installation of his brother Joseph Bonaparte on the Spanish throne and promulgation of the Bayonne Constitution
- 1808-1814 Peninsula War
- 1810 Cortes of Cádiz claimed legitimacy as the sole representative of Spanish sovereignty
- 1810 Juntas’ of Chile and Argentina proclaim autonomy from Spain
- 1811-1818 Liberation and independence Wars of South America
- 1811 Patriot revolt in New Granada and Venezuela
- 1811 Paraguay proclaims its independence
- 1811 War of Independence in Peru. The Kingdom of Cuzco sides with rebels
- Spanish Constitution of 1812
- 1812 New Granada and Venezuela proclaim their independence
- 1812 Uruguay proclaims its independence after a long struggle with authorities in Argentina
- 1813 Ferdinand VII returns as king of Spain
- 1814 Chile, Argentina and Colombia proclaim their independence
- 1816 Colombia is formed as the unión of Venezuela and New Granada
- 1817 Uruguay occupied by Portuguese Brazil
- 1818 Bolívar and San Martin invade Peru from the South and North
- 1818 Jose San Martin named Protector of Peru, corresponding to Lima and North Peru
- 1819-1820 First Unitarian-Federalist War (Argentina)
- 1820 State of Alto of Peru established by the Liberation Army
- 1820 Kingdom of the Araucania and Patagonia is established
- 1820 The United Provinces of Río de la Plata are dissolved and replaced de facto by the Argentine Confederation
- 1821 Kingdom of Andes proclaimed by the Joint Sovereign Declaration of the Constituent Congresses of Lima, Cuzco and Chuquisaca
- 1822 Empire of Brazil proclaimed becoming independent of Portugal
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