Dashed left edge = started before August 1809 ·
Dashed right edge = ongoing beyond August 1809
Events in August 1809 1
1809Quito's First Cry of IndependenceA junta in Quito declares autonomy from SpainCreole leaders in Quito formed a governing junta and declared autonomy from the Spanish crown amid Spain's occupation by Napoleon. Royalist forces soon restored colonial rule, but the episode is commemorated in Ecuador as the opening act of its independence movement.