IndependenceThe 1800s

Independence in the 1800s

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged independence — declarations, recognitions and transfers of sovereignty, narrowed to the 1800s — 5 of them, drawn from 5 nations, running from 1804 to 1809. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
5
Nations
5
Earliest
1804
Latest
1809
North America
2
South America
2
Europe
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. North America

    Dominican Republic

    Independence of Haiti

    After defeating France, the formerly enslaved people of Saint-Domingue proclaim Haiti, the first nation founded by a successful slave revolt, reshaping the whole island.

    Era: A Divided Island and the French Era

    Sources: Hispaniola · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  2. North America

    Haiti

    Independence proclaimed

    Jean-Jacques Dessalines declares independence at Gonaives, founding Haiti as the world's first Black republic.

    Era: The Haitian Revolution and Independence

    Sources: Jean-Jacques Dessalines · Encyclopaedia Britannica, History of Haiti · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  3. Europe

    Liechtenstein

    Sovereignty through the Confederation of the Rhine

    On the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, Liechtenstein was admitted to Napoleon's Confederation of the Rhine, gaining recognised sovereignty and surviving the Napoleonic reordering of Germany.

    Era: From the Empire to Sovereignty

    Sources: Liechtenstein: History (Alpine, Principality, Sovereignty) · Encyclopaedia Britannica, The History of the Princely House of Liechtenstein · Fürstenhaus von Liechtenstein (official Princely House)

  4. South America

    Bolivia

    Uprisings at Chuquisaca and La Paz

    Revolts in Upper Peru in 1809, sparked by the Spanish crisis under Napoleon, are remembered among the first independence movements in the Americas.

    Era: The Revolt of Tupac Katari and Independence

    Sources: Bolivia: Early period · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Bolivia: A Country Study · Library of Congress, Federal Research Division

  5. South America

    Ecuador

    The first cry of independence

    Quito criollos depose the colonial authorities and form a governing junta, one of the earliest such acts in Spanish America, earning Quito the title Luz de America.

    Era: The Light of America: Independence and the Republic

    Sources: History of Ecuador · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Santa Cruz y Espejo, Francisco Javier Eugenio de (1747-1795) · Encyclopedia.com (Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture)