Independence in Latin America - A Chronology 1778-9 The
Inconfidência Mineira, in Brazil (Tiradente’s plot). 1791 Slave
revolt in Saint Domingue (Haiti). Leadership of Toussaint
Louverture (d. 1803). 1804 Declaration of independence of Haiti
by Jean-Jacques Dessalines. 1806 Miranda’s fail attempt to
revolt, in Venezuela. 1807 Napoleon invades Portugal. Portuguese
royal family and court move to Brazil. 1808 Abdication of
Charles IV of Spain and accession and abdication of Ferdinand
VII. Napoleon invades Spain and places brother Joseph I on
Spanish throne. Crisis of authority in the Spanish empire.
British expeditionary forces sent to the Iberian Peninsula.
Emergence of Spanish national junta. Viceroy deposed in New
Spain by Audiencia of Mexico. Arrival of Portuguese royal family
to Rio de Janeiro. 1809 Risings in Buenos Aires and Quito.
1809-10 Autonomous governments (juntas) established throughout
Spanish America. Father Miguel Hidalgo leads anti-Spanish revolt
in Mexico (Grito de Dolores). 1810 Treaty of Nav