Massacre of August 2, 1810 in Quito

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The Massacre of August 2, 1810 in Quito was a brutal Spanish crackdown in which colonial forces killed numerous supporters of the early independence movement, galvanizing resistance in what is now Ecuador.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in the Spanish American wars of independence ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Masacre del 2 de agosto ⓘ
Masacre del 2 de agosto de 1810 en Quito ⓘ
cause Spanish attempt to suppress the Quito independence movement ⓘ
reaction to the Quito revolution of August 10, 1809 ⓘ
chronologicalOrder occurred after the establishment of the Quito junta in 1809 ⓘ
commemoratedIn Ecuadorian national historical memory ⓘ
countryAtTheTime Spanish Empire ⓘ
date 1810-08-02 ⓘ
day 2 ⓘ
fieldOfStudy Ecuadorian history ⓘ
Latin American history ⓘ
hasTheme colonial repression ⓘ
national identity formation in Ecuador ⓘ
struggle for independence ⓘ
historicalPeriod late colonial period in Spanish America ⓘ
involved Spanish colonial garrison in Quito ⓘ
local criollo elites ⓘ
languageOfAlternativeName Spanish ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
legacy remembered as martyrdom of early Ecuadorian patriots ⓘ
location Quito ⓘ
Real Audiencia of Quito ⓘ
linked to: Audiencia of Quito

Viceroyalty of New Granada ⓘ
month August ⓘ
partOf Ecuadorian War of Independence ⓘ
Spanish American wars of independence ⓘ
perpetrator Spanish colonial authorities ⓘ
royalist troops ⓘ
presentDayLocation Ecuador ⓘ
region Andean region ⓘ
relatedEvent Quito revolution of August 10, 1809 ⓘ
relatedTo Ecuadorian independence movement ⓘ
result galvanized resistance against Spanish rule in what is now Ecuador ⓘ
increased anti-colonial sentiment in the region ⓘ
radicalization of the independence movement in Quito ⓘ
significance key turning point in the independence process of Ecuador ⓘ
symbol of Spanish colonial repression in Quito ⓘ
typeOfViolence political repression ⓘ
state violence ⓘ
victim civilian population of Quito ⓘ
members of the Quito junta ⓘ
supporters of the Quito independence movement ⓘ
year 1810 ⓘ

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Ecuadorian War of Independence → keyEvent → Massacre of August 2, 1810 in Quito ⓘ
Massacre of August 2, 1810 in Quito → alsoKnownAs → Masacre del 2 de agosto de 1810 en Quito ⓘ
linked to: Massacre of August 2, 1810 in Quito
Bourbon colonial period in New Granada → significantEvent → Quito uprising of 1809 ⓘ
linked to: Massacre of August 2, 1810 in Quito