Timeline Sunday 18 July 1830

Events on Sunday 18 July 1830 1

• 1830 Uruguay adopts its first constitution Newly independent republic establishes constitutional government Uruguay's constituent assembly approved the country's first constitution on 18 July 1830, consolidating its independence after years of conflict between Argentina and Brazil over the territory. The document established a republican government and formally founded the Oriental Republic of Uruguay. It remained the country's constitutional framework for the rest of the century.