Timeline July 1816

Events in July 1816 3

• 1750 – 1816 Francisco de Miranda (1750-1816) Died 14 July 1816, aged 66 Known as "El Precursor," the Venezuelan revolutionary Francisco de Miranda fought in the American and French Revolutions before leading an early, unsuccessful attempt to liberate Venezuela from Spanish rule in 1806. Captured after the Spanish reconquest of Venezuela, he died in a prison cell in Cadiz, Spain.
• 1751 – 1816 Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) Died 7 July 1816, aged 64 Sheridan was an Irish-born playwright and Whig politician best known for comedies such as The Rivals and The School for Scandal. He also served for decades as a Member of Parliament and co-owned the Drury Lane Theatre in London.
• 1816 Argentina declares independence Congress of Tucuman proclaims independence from Spain Delegates from the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata, meeting at the Congress of Tucuman, formally declared independence from the Spanish crown. The declaration became a founding moment of the modern Argentine state and encouraged independence movements elsewhere in South America.