Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental

Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental

Review of the troops destined to Montevideo, oil on canvas by Jean-Baptiste Debret, c. 1816
At the center, on a white horse, is king John VI. Pointing his hat, on the left, is general William Beresford
Date1816–1820
Location
Result Luso-Brazilian victory
Territorial
changes
Annexation of the Banda Oriental by the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
Belligerents
Portugal United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
Commanders and leaders
Strength
10,000[1]-12,000[2] Unknown

The Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental was the armed-conflict that took place between 1816 and 1820 in the Banda Oriental, for control of what today comprises the whole of the Republic of Uruguay, the northern part of the Argentine Mesopotamia and southern Brazil. The four-year armed-conflict resulted in the annexation of the Banda Oriental into the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves as the Brazilian province of Cisplatina.

The belligerents were, on one side, the "Artiguistas" led by José Gervasio Artigas and some leaders of other provinces that made up the Federal League, like Andrés Guazurary, and on the other, the troops of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, directed by Carlos Frederico Lecor.

On the naval front, the conflict far exceeded the Río de la Plata and the Argentine coast to spread globally, as the Insurgent privateers, most notably under the flag of Buenos Aires and flag of Artigas, harassed Portuguese ships in Europe, Africa and the Caribbean.[citation needed]

The occupation of the Banda Oriental by the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, replaced by the Empire of Brazil in 1824, lasted until 1828.

  1. ^ Maeso 1885, p. 162.
  2. ^ Ferreira 2012, p. 26.

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