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Argentina declares independence from Spain.
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Argentina
Country in South America
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of 2,780,085 km2 (1,073,397 sq mi), making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Argentine Declaration of Independence
1816 proclamation of independence of the United Provinces of South America from Spain
The Independence of the Argentine Republic was declared on July 9, 1816, by the Congress of Tucumán. In reality, the congressmen who were assembled in Tucumán declared the independence of the United Provinces of South America, which is one of the official names of the Argentine…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)