<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Spanish American Wars of Independence </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Decisive events of the war: Cortes de Cádiz (1812) (top left); Congress of Cúcuta (1821) (bottom left); Crossing of the Andes (1817) (bottom right); Battle of Tampico (1829) (top right). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 25 September 1808--29 September 1833 (25 years and 4 days) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Spanish America </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Independentist states victory </P> <Ul> <Li> End of the majority of Spanish rule in the Americas . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> Spain loses dominion over the majority of American possessions, retaining only the islands of Cuba and Puerto Rico . </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Monarchy of Spain: <Ul> <Li> Spain </Li> <Li> Spanish America <Ul> <Li> Viceroyalty of New Spain </Li> <Li> Viceroyalty of Peru </Li> <Li> Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata </Li> <Li> Viceroyalty of New Granada </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Hispanic American Independentists: <Ul> <Li> United Provinces of the Río de la Plata </Li> <Li> Chile </Li> <Li> Venezuela </Li> <Li> Gran Colombia </Li> </Ul> After 1820: <Ul> <Li> Free Province of Guayaquil </Li> <Li> Mexican Empire </Li> <Li> Republic of Peru </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Units involved </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Royalists: <Ul> <Li> Royal Army </Li> <Li> Native American <Ul> <Li> Quechua nobility </Li> <Li> Mapuches </Li> <Li> Guajira Indians </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Portuguese Army in Cisplatina (1811) </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Patriots: <Ul> <Li> Army of the North (United Provinces) </Li> <Li> Army of the Andes </Li> <Li> United Army (Argentine - Chilean) </Li> <Li> Army of Great Colombia . </Li> <Li> Army of the Three Guarantees </Li> <Li> Indigenous peoples of Mexico </Li> <Li> British Legions </Li> <Li> Insurgent Privateers </Li> <Li> Others Foreign volunteers </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 44,400 soldiers (total deployment) </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Spanish American Wars of Independence </Th> </Tr>

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