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Cisplatine Province conflicts

1817 CE – 1820 CE · 3 years

Portugal-Brazil invaded the Banda Oriental to crush Artigas's federalist movement, annexing the region as the Cisplatina Province. This set the stage for the later Argentine-Brazilian War over Uruguay.

Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Portuguese Empire (Brazil)
  • Banda Oriental (José Artigas)

Key moments

Defining events in the Cisplatine Province conflicts.

  1. 1816 Battle of India Muerta
  2. 1817 Portuguese occupation of Montevideo
  3. 1820 Battle of Tacuarembó

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

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