Patriot forces led by General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_José_de_Sucre" id="mwYA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Antonio José de Sucre">Antonio José de Sucre</a> defeat a Royalist army in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ayacucho" id="mwYQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Ayacucho">Battle of Ayacucho</a>, putting an end to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvian_War_of_Independence" id="mwYg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Peruvian War of Independence">Peruvian War of Independence</a>.