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Siege of Montevideo

Siege of Montevideo was a siege conducted in 1812 at Montevideo, in what is now Uruguay; it lasted about 2 years. It was part of the Argentine War of Independence, which ran from 1810 to 1816. The recorded result: Patriot victory. Recorded strength: 4,000 against 7,000.

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Plano del Segundo Sitio de Montevideo por el ejército de las Provincias unidas del Río de la Plata. Situación al 23 de diciembre de 1813 según el ciudadano Bartolomé de Muñoz
Plano del Segundo Sitio de Montevideo por el ejército de las Provincias unidas del Río de la Plata. Situación al 23 de diciembre de 1813 según el ciudadano Bartolomé de Muñoz. Bartolomé de Muñoz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1812lasted about 2 years
WhereMontevideo, Uruguay34.867S, 56.167W
OutcomePatriot victory
BelligerentsUnited ProvincesagainstSpanish Empire
Part ofArgentine War of IndependenceSecond Banda Oriental campaign

Where it sits in the Argentine War of Independence

Siege of Montevideo, 1811Siege of La Paz, 1811Battle of San Nicolás, 1811Battle of San José, 1811Siege of Montevideo, 1812Battle of Las Piedras, 1812Battle of Cerrito, 1812Battle of San Lorenzo, 1813Battle of Salta, 1813Battle of Vilcapugiou, 1813Naval Campaign of 1814, 1814Battle of Martín García, 1814Battle of Venta y Media, 1815Battle of Colpayo, 1816Battle of Yavi, 1816Batalla de El Pari, 1816Battle of Tarija, 1817Battle of Rosario de Lerma, 1817Battle of Sopachuy, 1817Argentine raid on Monterey, 181818111818Siege of Montevideo, 1812
20 placed engagements of the Argentine War of Independence in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1812 (year precision)
to 23 June 1814
PlaceMontevideo, Uruguay
34.867S, 56.167W
KindSiege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength4,0007,000
Commanders
  • Gaspar de Vigodet
  • Miguel de la Sierra
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 7 times between 1807 and 1843.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1812

Siege of Montevideo is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 34 in present-day Uruguay.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q6130115, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Montevideo (1812–1814), revision 1370743637, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.