Cisplatina Province

Uruguay, 1815–1828. Draft, not yet reviewed

Cisplatina was a Brazilian province created by the Luso-Brazilian invasion of the Banda Oriental. In 1811, José Gervasio Artigas, who became Uruguay's national hero, launched a successful revolt against Spain, defeating them on 18 May in the Battle of Las Piedras. The Luso-Brazilian expeditionary force, thanks to its material superiority, military experience and organization (including in part its European warfare experience), occupied Montevideo on 20 January 1817, and finally, after a three-year struggle in the countryside, defeated the pro-Artigas forces in the Battle of Tacuarembó. In 1828, following the Preliminary Peace Convention, the Cisplatina province became independent as Uruguay.

Seat of power: Montevideo

No rulers documented for this era yet.

Culture

• Their actions started in with the crossing of the Uruguay River on the night of April 19, 1825, an event that marked the beginning of the Cisplatine War, and culminated in the foundation of modern Uruguay.
• The Banda Oriental had always been a sparsely populated contested border-area between the Spanish and Portuguese Empires.
• In 1813, the Banda Oriental was renamed to Provincia Oriental, becoming part of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata.
• The name comes from the Latin prefix "cis" meaning "on this side of" and "platina", a reference to the Río de la Plata.

Picture

The Treinta y Tres Orientales were a revolutionary group led by Juan Antonio Lavalleja and Manuel Oribe that started an insurrection against the Empire of Brazil during the Brazilian occupation of the Provincia Oriental.

Image: Juan Manuel Blanes, Public domain, file

Sources

• Cisplatina (Wikipedia)
• Cisplatina Province (Wikidata)
• About the picture (Wikipedia)

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