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Entangled histories

3 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · BRA LEFT · URY RIGHT

1. 1816-1820

   Portuguese invasion and Artigas in exile

   Portuguese forces from Brazil invade the Banda Oriental; after three years of resistance Artigas is defeated in 1820 and goes into permanent exile in Paraguay.

   War & Rupture · from the Uruguay chronicle · Artigas, the Thirty-Three, and Independence · REFS 2 — Jose Gervasio Artigas, Uruguay

2. 25 Aug 1825

   The Thirty-Three Orientals declare independence

   Juan Antonio Lavalleja and the Thirty-Three Orientals, having landed that April, proclaim separation from Brazil and union with the United Provinces, reigniting the war for the province.

   Independence · from the Uruguay chronicle · Artigas, the Thirty-Three, and Independence · REFS 2 — Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Uruguay: The struggle for national identity

3. 1864-1870

   War of the Triple Alliance

   Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay defeat Paraguay in the deadliest war in South American history, at enormous human and financial cost.

   War & Rupture · from the Brazil chronicle · Independence and the Empire of Brazil · REFS 1 — Brazil