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Manuel Belgrano defeats the royalist army of Pío de Tristán during the Battle of Salta.
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Manuel Belgrano
Argentine military leader, politician, and journalist (1767–1820)
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano, usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano, was an Argentine public servant, economist, lawyer, politician, journalist, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and designed what became the flag of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Royalist (Spanish American independence)
Supporters of the Spanish monarchy during the Spanish-American independence wars
The royalists were the people of Hispanic America and Europeans that fought to preserve the integrity of the Spanish monarchy during the Spanish American wars of independence.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Pío de Tristán
18/19th-century Peruvian Royalist politician and military leader
Juan Pío Camilo de Tristán y Moscoso was a Peruvian general and politician who served as the second President of South Peru from October 12, 1838 to February 23, 1839. He was nominally the last viceroy of Peru, serving in that capacity from December 9 to December 30, 1824, but…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of Salta
1813 battle of the Argentine War of Independence
The Battle of Salta took place on February 20, 1813, on the plains of Castañares, north of the present-day Argentine city of Salta, during the Argentine War of Independence. The Army of the North, under the command of general Manuel Belgrano, defeated for the second time the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)