The city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Paz" id="mwfw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="La Paz">La Paz</a>, in what is today <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolivia" id="mwgA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bolivia">Bolivia</a>, declares its independence from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy_of_Spain" id="mwgQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Monarchy of Spain">Spanish Crown</a> during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Paz_revolution" id="mwgg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="La Paz revolution">La Paz revolution</a> and forms the Junta Tuitiva, the first independent government in Spanish America, led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Domingo_Murillo" id="mwgw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pedro Domingo Murillo">Pedro Domingo Murillo</a>.