battle, notable, nineteenth century

Battle of Pichincha

Name: Battle of Pichincha
Start: 1822-05-24
Location: La Libertad, Ecuador

Battle of Pichincha was a battle fought on 24 May 1822 at La Libertad, in what is now Ecuador. It was part of the Ecuadorian War of Independence, which ran from 1820 to 1823. The recorded result: Patriot victory. Recorded strength: 2,971 men against 1,894 men.

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Fought24 May 1822

WhereLa Libertad, Ecuador0.219S, 78.527W

OutcomePatriot victory

BelligerentsPatriots: Gran Colombia (1821–1822); Quito (1822); Free Province of Guayaquil (1820–1822); Peru (1822); Co-belligerents: Chile (1822); United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (1822)againstRoyalists: Kingdom of Spain and the Indies (the Spains); Presidency of Quito

Casualties and losses200 killed; 140 woundedand400 killed; 190 wounded; 1,260 prisoners

Part ofEcuadorian War of Independence1820 to 1823

Where it sits in the Ecuadorian War of Independence

5 placed engagements of the Ecuadorian War of Independence in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	24 May 1822
Place	La Libertad, Ecuador 0.219S, 78.527W
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Strength	2,971 men	1,894 men
Casualties and losses	200 killed; 140 wounded	400 killed; 190 wounded; 1,260 prisoners
Commanders	Antonio José de Sucre Andrés de Santa Cruz José María Córdova	Melchor Aymerich

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Ibarra 1812, 78 km NE
Second Battle of Huachi 1821, 120 km S
First Battle of Huachi Grande 1820, 122 km S
Battle of Riobamba 1822, 166 km S
Action of San Mateo Bay 1594, 183 km NW

In the same war

Before: Second Battle of Huachi 12 September 1821
After: Battle of Tanizagua 1831
All 5 engagements of Ecuadorian War of Independence

Elsewhere in 1822

Battle of Peta Greece
Burning of the Ottoman flagship off Chios Greece
Battle of Dervenakia Greece
Siege of Salvador Brazil
First Siege of Missolonghi Greece

Combat data (CDB90)

	Attacker: SP ARMY	Defender: PATRIOT ARMY
Strength	2,500	2,400
Casualties	590 (23.6%)	340 (14.2%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 10	3	8
Outcome	defender won
Duration	1 day
Front width	1 km	1 km
Attacker advanced	-1 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 153), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Battle of Pichincha is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 32 in present-day Ecuador.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1402751, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Pichincha, revision 1383630061, 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.