Capitulation of Ayacucho

E336984

historical document peace treaty surrender agreement

The Capitulation of Ayacucho was the surrender agreement that effectively ended Spanish colonial rule in South America following the decisive Battle of Ayacucho in 1824.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Capitulación de Ayacucho	1
Capitulation of Ayacucho canonical	1
Capitulation of Ayacucho in 1824	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3195819 — 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: Capitulation of Ayacucho
Context triple: [Battle of Ayacucho, treatyOrCapitulation, Capitulation of Ayacucho]

A. Battle of Ayacucho
The Battle of Ayacucho was a decisive 1824 military engagement in Peru that effectively secured South American independence from Spanish colonial rule.
B. Battle of Junín
The Battle of Junín was a key 1824 cavalry engagement in the Peruvian War of Independence that helped secure Simón Bolívar’s campaign to liberate Peru from Spanish rule.
C. Battle of Pichincha
The Battle of Pichincha was a decisive 1822 engagement near Quito in which independence forces defeated Spanish royalists, securing the liberation of what is now Ecuador during the Latin American wars of independence.
D. Battle of Chacabuco
The Battle of Chacabuco was a decisive 1817 engagement in the Chilean War of Independence in which patriot forces led by José de San Martín and Bernardo O'Higgins defeated Spanish royalists, paving the way for Chile’s liberation.
E. 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.
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: Capitulation of Ayacucho
Target entity description: The Capitulation of Ayacucho was the surrender agreement that effectively ended Spanish colonial rule in South America following the decisive Battle of Ayacucho in 1824.

A. Battle of Ayacucho
The Battle of Ayacucho was a decisive 1824 military engagement in Peru that effectively secured South American independence from Spanish colonial rule.
B. Battle of Junín
The Battle of Junín was a key 1824 cavalry engagement in the Peruvian War of Independence that helped secure Simón Bolívar’s campaign to liberate Peru from Spanish rule.
C. Battle of Pichincha
The Battle of Pichincha was a decisive 1822 engagement near Quito in which independence forces defeated Spanish royalists, securing the liberation of what is now Ecuador during the Latin American wars of independence.
D. Battle of Chacabuco
The Battle of Chacabuco was a decisive 1817 engagement in the Chilean War of Independence in which patriot forces led by José de San Martín and Bernardo O'Higgins defeated Spanish royalists, paving the way for Chile’s liberation.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical document ⓘ peace treaty ⓘ surrender agreement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Capitulación de Ayacucho ⓘ linked to: Capitulation of Ayacucho
appliesToTerritory	Spanish South America ⓘ linked to: Spanish America Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ
country	Peru ⓘ
date	1824-12-09 ⓘ
effect	collapse of remaining Spanish authority in mainland South America ⓘ end of organized royalist military resistance in Peru ⓘ
follows	Battle of Ayacucho ⓘ
grants	honors of war to surrendering royalist forces ⓘ safe conduct for Spanish officers and troops ⓘ
hasCause	Battle of Ayacucho ⓘ
hasTheme	decolonization ⓘ end of empire ⓘ military surrender ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ
historicalRegion	Andes ⓘ
includes	guarantees for property and personal safety of Spanish civilians who remained ⓘ terms for repatriation of Spanish troops to Europe ⓘ
language	Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus	armistice agreement ⓘ
location	Ayacucho ⓘ Quinua ⓘ linked to: Maca
militaryContext	final major campaign of the Peruvian War of Independence ⓘ
partOf	Spanish American wars of independence ⓘ linked to: Latin American independence movements
precedes	formal diplomatic recognition of South American republics by Spain ⓘ
relatedTo	Antonio José de Sucre ⓘ Battle of Ayacucho ⓘ Peruvian War of Independence ⓘ Simón Bolívar ⓘ Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ
result	evacuation of remaining Spanish troops from Peru ⓘ recognition of independence of former Spanish colonies in South America in practice ⓘ surrender of Spanish royalist army in Peru ⓘ
signatory	Antonio José de Sucre ⓘ José de Canterac ⓘ
signatorySide	Republican forces of Gran Colombia and Peru ⓘ linked to: army of Gran Colombia Royalist forces of the Spanish Empire ⓘ
signedByCommander	Antonio José de Sucre ⓘ José de Canterac ⓘ
significantEvent	end of Spanish colonial rule in South America ⓘ
subjectOf	Latin American independence historiography ⓘ Peruvian national history ⓘ
year	1824 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Ayacucho → treatyOrCapitulation → Capitulation of Ayacucho ⓘ

Patriot forces of Peru → significantEvent → Capitulation of Ayacucho in 1824 ⓘ

linked to: Capitulation of Ayacucho

Capitulation of Ayacucho → alsoKnownAs → Capitulación de Ayacucho ⓘ