Congress of Tucumán

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The Congress of Tucumán was the 1816 assembly of delegates from the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata that formally proclaimed Argentina’s independence from Spanish rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent assembly ⓘ
independence congress ⓘ
adoptedDocument Acta de la Declaración de la Independencia Argentina ⓘ
adoptedFormOfGovernmentDebated monarchy ⓘ
republic ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Congreso de 1816 ⓘ
Congreso de Tucumán ⓘ
buildingNow Casa Histórica de la Independencia (museum) ⓘ
commemoratedOn Argentine Independence Day (9 July) ⓘ
continuedUnder Supreme Director Juan Martín de Pueyrredón ⓘ
convenedBy Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
convenedUnder Supreme Director Ignacio Álvarez Thomas ⓘ
country United Provinces of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
dateOfIndependenceDeclaration 1816-07-09 ⓘ
declaredIndependenceFrom Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
Spanish Crown ⓘ
linked to: Crown of Spain
declaredIndependenceOf United Provinces of South America ⓘ
endDate 1819-08-17 ⓘ
excluded Banda Oriental (present-day Uruguay) ⓘ
linked to: Banda Oriental

Paraguay ⓘ
Upper Peru (present-day Bolivia) ⓘ
linked to: Upper Peru
hasOfficialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn San Miguel de Tucumán ⓘ
Tucumán Province ⓘ
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (former territory) ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Argentina ⓘ
mainOutcome Declaration of Independence of the United Provinces of South America ⓘ
metAtBuilding Casa Histórica de Tucumán ⓘ
moveDate 1817-01-16 ⓘ
movedTo Buenos Aires ⓘ
numberOfDelegates 33 ⓘ
politicalContext crisis of legitimacy of Spanish monarchy after Napoleonic invasion ⓘ
president Francisco Narciso de Laprida ⓘ
region Río de la Plata ⓘ
relatedEvent Argentine War of Independence ⓘ
May Revolution ⓘ
linked to: May Revolution Day

Peninsular War ⓘ
relatedToPerson José de San Martín ⓘ
Juan Martín de Pueyrredón ⓘ
Manuel Belgrano ⓘ
represents Provinces of the former Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
secretary Esteban Agustín Gascón ⓘ
Juan José Paso ⓘ
significance formal proclamation of Argentine independence ⓘ
foundation event of the Argentine nation-state ⓘ
startDate 1816-03-24 ⓘ
vicePresident Mariano Boedo ⓘ

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Independence Day (9 July) → commemoratesPlace → Congress of Tucumán ⓘ
Plaza de Mayo → significantEvent → Argentine Declaration of Independence movement ⓘ
linked to: Congress of Tucumán
Congress of Tucumán → alsoKnownAs → Congreso de Tucumán ⓘ
linked to: Congress of Tucumán
Independence Day (Argentina) → declaredBy → Congress of Tucumán ⓘ
Tucumán Province → historicalEvent → Congress of Tucumán ⓘ
Casa de Tucumán → commemorates → Congress of Tucumán ⓘ
Casa de Tucumán → associatedWith → Congress of Tucumán ⓘ
Assembly of the Year XIII → followedBy → Congress of Tucumán ⓘ
Juan José Paso → notableEvent → Congress of Tucumán ⓘ
Congreso de 1816 → alsoKnownAs → Congreso de Tucumán ⓘ
linked to: Congress of Tucumán
Congreso de 1816 → alsoKnownAs → Congress of Tucumán ⓘ
Mariano Boedo → participantIn → Congress of Tucumán ⓘ
Francisco Narciso de Laprida → participatedIn → Congress of Tucumán ⓘ
Sala de la Jura → associatedWithEvent → Congress of Tucumán ⓘ
Día de la Independencia (Argentina) → relatedTo → Congress of Tucumán ⓘ
subject linked to: Día de la Independencia
Monumento de los Dos Congresos → commemorates → Congreso de Tucumán ⓘ
linked to: Congress of Tucumán
Fiesta Nacional de la Independencia → relatedTo → Congress of Tucumán ⓘ