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Events on Thursday 25 May 1809 1
1809Chuquisaca RevolutionUpper Peru rises against the Spanish colonial governorCitizens of Chuquisaca, now Sucre in Bolivia, deposed the colonial governor and established a local junta amid the crisis of royal authority in Spain. The uprising was an early spark among the movements that led toward South American independence.