flower vase incident (Llorente vase incident)

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The flower vase incident, or Llorente vase incident, was a staged diplomatic quarrel in Bogotá that sparked public unrest and is widely regarded as the catalyst for Colombia’s independence movement on July 20, 1810.

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instanceOf diplomatic incident ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
political conflict ⓘ
associatedWith Patriotic Revolution of July 20, 1810 ⓘ
catalystFor Colombian War of Independence ⓘ
Colombia’s independence movement ⓘ
characterizedAs pretext engineered by Creole leaders to provoke a popular uprising ⓘ
chronologicalOrderInConflict early phase of Colombian independence process ⓘ
commemoratedBy Museum of the 20th of July (Casa del Florero) ⓘ
National holiday in Colombia ⓘ
commemoratedOn Colombia’s Independence Day ⓘ
July 20 ⓘ
country Viceroyalty of New Granada ⓘ
date 1810-07-20 ⓘ
hasAftermath political instability and regional fragmentation in New Granada ⓘ
hasAlias Florero de Llorente incident ⓘ
Llorente vase incident ⓘ
hasCause staged diplomatic quarrel between Creole patriots and Spanish authorities ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact central episode in Colombian national historical narrative ⓘ
subject of Colombian school curricula ⓘ
hasEffect establishment of a local governing junta in Bogotá ⓘ
public unrest in Bogotá ⓘ
start of independence movement in New Granada ⓘ
hasSymbol Llorente’s flower vase ⓘ
historicalInterpretation considered a carefully planned incident rather than a spontaneous quarrel ⓘ
involves Antonio Morales ⓘ
Camilo Torres Tenorio ⓘ
Creole patriots ⓘ
Jorge Tadeo Lozano ⓘ
José González Llorente ⓘ
José Miguel Pey ⓘ
Spanish colonial authorities ⓘ
Virrey Antonio José Amar y Borbón ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources Spanish ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Colombia ⓘ
location Bogotá ⓘ
Casa del Florero, Bogotá ⓘ
linked to: Museo de Bogotá

Plaza de Bolívar, Bogotá ⓘ
memorializedBy monuments and plaques in Bogotá ⓘ
partOf Latin American wars of independence ⓘ
politicalContext tensions between Creole elites and Spanish colonial rule ⓘ
relatedTo Cry of Independence of Colombia ⓘ
Junta de Santa Fe ⓘ
resultedIn formation of an autonomous government in Santa Fe de Bogotá ⓘ
overthrow of the viceregal authorities in Bogotá ⓘ
significance widely regarded as the catalyst for Colombia’s independence ⓘ
triggeredBy refusal to lend a flower vase by José González Llorente ⓘ

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Revolution of July 20, 1810 → symbolizedBy → flower vase incident (Llorente vase incident) ⓘ