Timeline September 1810

Events in September 1810 3

• 1810 Grito de Dolores Miguel Hidalgo's call to arms begins the Mexican War of Independence Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang the church bell in the town of Dolores and urged parishioners to rise against Spanish colonial rule. His cry launched an uprising that grew into the eleven-year Mexican War of Independence. The date is now commemorated annually as Mexico's independence day.
• 1810 First Government Junta of Chile Santiago forms an autonomous junta following the Spanish crown's crisis Amid the collapse of royal authority in Spain, notables in Santiago established a junta to govern Chile in the name of the deposed King Ferdinand VII. The junta nominally retained loyalty to the crown but set Chile on the path toward full independence, declared in 1818. September 18 is now celebrated as Chile's national day.
• 1810 Battle of Bussaco Wellington checks Masséna's invasion of Portugal on the Bussaco ridge An Anglo-Portuguese army under the Duke of Wellington inflicted heavy casualties on Marshal André Masséna's invading French army from a defensive position on the Bussaco ridge. Although tactically victorious, Wellington continued his withdrawal toward the fortified Lines of Torres Vedras. The battle marked the growing effectiveness of Portuguese troops trained alongside the British.