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The 15 September council meeting at which independence was finally declared was chaired by Gabino Gaínza, [6] and the text of the Act itself was written by Honduran intellectual and politician José Cecilio del Valle [7] and signed by representatives of the various Central American provinces, including José Matías Delgado, José Lorenzo de ...
On 16 September 1810, criollo priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla issued the Cry of Dolores, a call for Mexican independence from the Spanish Empire.This began the Mexican War of Independence in New Spain, Spain's colony that encompassed modern-day Mexico, Central America, and the southwestern United States. [5]
In 1821 a congress of Central American Criollos in Guatemala City composed the Act of Independence of Central America to declare the region's independence from Spain, effective on 15 September of that year. [3] That date is still marked as independence day by most Central American nations.
September 15 was chosen as the starting point for the commemoration because it is the anniversary of the Cry of Dolores (early morning, 16 September 1810), which marked the start of the Mexican War of Independence and thus resulted (in 1821) in independence for the New Spain Colony (now Mexico and the Central American nations of Guatemala, El ...
Like the rest of Central America, Costa Rica never fought for independence from Spain. On 15 September 1821, after the final Spanish defeat in the Mexican War of Independence (1810–1821), the authorities in Guatemala declared the independence of all of Central America.
Act of Independence of Central America. [citation needed] Guinea: Independence Day: 2 October: 1958 France Guinea-Bissau: Independence Day: 24 September: 1973 Portugal Guyana: Independence Day: 26 May: 1966 United Kingdom Haiti: Independence Day: 1 January: 1804 France Spain: Haitian Declaration of Independence. Honduras: Independence Day: 15 ...
In 1821, El Salvador achieved independence from Spain as part of the First Mexican Empire, only to further secede as part of the Federal Republic of Central America two years later. Upon the republic's independence in 1841, El Salvador became a sovereign state until forming a short-lived union with Honduras and Nicaragua called the Greater ...
Dance your way to freedom! Jay-Z and Kanye West (The Throne) Feat. Frank Ocean, "Made in America". Frank Ocean sings beautifully on the hook of this tune, which honors Martin Luther King, Jr ...