Battle of Suipacha

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Suipacha was an early 1810 patriot victory over Spanish royalist forces in present-day Bolivia that boosted the independence movement in the Río de la Plata region.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Suipacha canonical	7
Batalla de Suipacha	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1061323 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Battle of Suipacha
Context triple: [Bolivian War of Independence, significantEvent, Battle of Suipacha]

A. Battle of Pantano de Vargas
The Battle of Pantano de Vargas was a decisive 1819 engagement in present-day Colombia in which patriot forces under Simón Bolívar and General José María Córdova secured a crucial victory that paved the way for independence from Spanish rule.
B. Battle of Pirajá
The Battle of Pirajá was a key 1822–1823 military engagement near Salvador, Bahia, that helped secure Brazil’s independence from Portuguese rule.
C. Battle of Tarqui
The Battle of Tarqui was a decisive 1829 military engagement in the Gran Colombia–Peru War, remembered for securing Gran Colombia’s victory under Antonio José de Sucre and shaping the borders of modern Ecuador.
D. Battle of San Lorenzo
The Battle of San Lorenzo was an 1813 engagement in the Argentine War of Independence where José de San Martín led his newly formed cavalry regiment to a decisive victory over Spanish royalist forces.
E. Battle of Otumba
The Battle of Otumba was a pivotal 1520 engagement in central Mexico where Hernán Cortés’s outnumbered Spanish and allied Indigenous forces defeated a large Aztec army, helping to secure the eventual fall of the Aztec Empire.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Battle of Suipacha
Target entity description: The Battle of Suipacha was an early 1810 patriot victory over Spanish royalist forces in present-day Bolivia that boosted the independence movement in the Río de la Plata region.

A. Battle of Pantano de Vargas
The Battle of Pantano de Vargas was a decisive 1819 engagement in present-day Colombia in which patriot forces under Simón Bolívar and General José María Córdova secured a crucial victory that paved the way for independence from Spanish rule.
B. Battle of Pirajá
The Battle of Pirajá was a key 1822–1823 military engagement near Salvador, Bahia, that helped secure Brazil’s independence from Portuguese rule.
C. Battle of Tarqui
The Battle of Tarqui was a decisive 1829 military engagement in the Gran Colombia–Peru War, remembered for securing Gran Colombia’s victory under Antonio José de Sucre and shaping the borders of modern Ecuador.
D. Battle of San Lorenzo
The Battle of San Lorenzo was an 1813 engagement in the Argentine War of Independence where José de San Martín led his newly formed cavalry regiment to a decisive victory over Spanish royalist forces.
E. Battle of Otumba
The Battle of Otumba was a pivotal 1520 engagement in central Mexico where Hernán Cortés’s outnumbered Spanish and allied Indigenous forces defeated a large Aztec army, helping to secure the eventual fall of the Aztec Empire.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Batalla de Suipacha ⓘ linked to: Battle of Suipacha
belligerent	Patriot forces of the Primera Junta ⓘ Spanish royalist forces ⓘ
campaign	First Upper Peru campaign ⓘ
combatantSide	Spanish Empire ⓘ United Provinces of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
commander	Antonio González Balcarce ⓘ Juan José Castelli ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Suipacha street in Buenos Aires ⓘ place names in Argentina and Bolivia ⓘ
conflictOf	Argentine War of Independence ⓘ
countryAtTime	Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
date	1810-11-07 ⓘ
era	Spanish American wars of independence ⓘ linked to: Latin American independence movements
followedBy	Battle of Huaqui ⓘ
involvedForce	Army of the North (Argentina) ⓘ linked to: Army of the North
languageOfPrimarySources	Spanish ⓘ
location	Upper Peru ⓘ near Suipacha ⓘ present-day Bolivia ⓘ
notableFor	capture and execution of royalist leaders in Upper Peru after the battle ⓘ
opposingCommander	José de Córdoba y Rojas ⓘ linked to: José de Córdoba y Ramos Vicente Nieto ⓘ
partOf	South American wars of independence ⓘ linked to: Latin American independence movements
precededBy	Battle of Cotagaita ⓘ
region	Río de la Plata region ⓘ
relatedTo	Argentine independence movement ⓘ linked to: Argentine War of Independence May Revolution ⓘ linked to: May Revolution Day
result	defeat of Spanish royalist forces ⓘ patriot victory ⓘ
significance	boosted the independence movement in the Río de la Plata region ⓘ first major patriot victory in Upper Peru ⓘ strengthened authority of the Primera Junta ⓘ
theater	Upper Peru theater of war ⓘ
typeOfEngagement	land battle ⓘ
year	1810 ⓘ