British invasions of the Río de la Plata Timeline of Events

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British invasions of the Río de la Plata

The British invasions of the Río de la Plata were a series of unsuccessful British attempts to seize control of the Spanish colonies located around the La Plata Basin in South America . The invasions took place between 1806 and 1807, as part of the Napoleonic Wars, when Spain was an ally of France.The invasions occurred in two phases...

Timeline of Events

1806

6.27.1806

British forces take Buenos Aires during the first British invasions of the Río de la Plata.

8.12.1806

Santiago de Liniers re-takes the city of Buenos Aires after the first British invasion.

1807

6.28.1807

Second British invasion of the Río de la Plata; John Whitelock lands at Ensenada on an attempt to recapture Buenos Aires and is defeated by the locals.