{"slug": "paraguayan-war", "label": "Paraguayan War", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraguayan_War", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58947", "qid": "Q58947", "description": "large-scale conflict in South America (1864–1870)", "entries": 16, "years": 8, "span": [1864, 1872], "span_label": ["1864 CE", "1872 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 13}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "paraguay", "label": "Paraguay", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "brazil", "label": "Brazil", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "argentina", "label": "Argentina", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "uruguay", "label": "Uruguay", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1864, "year_label": "1864 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 13", "text": "13 December – Paraguayan War: Paraguay declares war on Brazil; war with Argentina follows three months later.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353739839#Events", "title": "1864 in Argentina", "revid": 1353739839, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1865, "year_label": "1865 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 1", "text": "May 1 – The Treaty of the Triple Alliance of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay against Paraguay is formally signed, following the outbreak of the Paraguayan War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361545898#May", "title": "1865", "revid": 1361545898, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1866, "year_label": "1866 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 31", "text": "January 31 – Paraguayan War: The Battle of Pehuajó takes place when about 1500 Paraguayan troops, commanded by General Francisco Isidoro Resquín and Lieutenant Celestino Prieto, engage in a surprise attack Argentinian and Uruguayan battalions with around 2000 men, led by General Emilio Conesa; the Paraguayans are successful and the joint Argentine-Uruguayan force suffers heavy casualties.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353739869#Events", "title": "1866 in Argentina", "revid": 1353739869, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1866, "year_label": "1866 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 16", "text": "April 16 - Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops, under Marshal Manuel Luís Osório, cross the Rio Paraguay and stop at Fort Itapirú.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1242960646#Events", "title": "1866 in Brazil", "revid": 1242960646, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1866, "year_label": "1866 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 2", "text": "May 2 - Paraguayan War: Battle of Estero Bellaco", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354318010#Events", "title": "1866 in Uruguay", "revid": 1354318010, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1866, "year_label": "1866 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 24", "text": "May 24 – Battle of Tuyutí: 32,000 soldiers of the Triple Alliance defeat 24,000 Paraguayan soldiers few miles north of the Paraná, Argentina, in the Paraguayan War, with 16,000 casualties.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368829327#May", "title": "1866", "revid": 1368829327, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1866, "year_label": "1866 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 22", "text": "September 22 – Paraguay successfully defends Curupayty against the Triple Alliance in the Paraguayan War, killing more than 5,000 while sustaining just about 50 casualties.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368829327#September", "title": "1866", "revid": 1368829327, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1867, "year_label": "1867 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 8", "text": "8 July – Paraguayan War: Staff Sergeant Roberto A. Chodasiewicz uses an observation balloon during the battle of Humaitá.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353739877#Events", "title": "1867 in Argentina", "revid": 1353739877, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1868, "year_label": "1868 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 5", "text": "January 5 – Paraguayan War: Brazilian Army commander Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, enters Asunción, Paraguay's capital. Some days later he declares the war is over. Nevertheless, Francisco Solano López, Paraguay's president, prepares guerrillas to fight in the countryside.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363668193#January", "title": "1868", "revid": 1363668193, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1868, "year_label": "1868 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 19", "text": "February 19 – In the Passage of Humaitá, a Brazilian naval force succeeds in dashing past a Paraguayan fortress on the River Paraguay, considered by some the turning point in the Paraguayan War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363668193#February", "title": "1868", "revid": 1363668193, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1868, "year_label": "1868 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 25", "text": "July 25 – Paraguayan War: The Allies, in an amphibious operation, capture the fortress of Humaitá.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363668193#July", "title": "1868", "revid": 1363668193, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1868, "year_label": "1868 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 6", "text": "December 6 – Paraguayan War – Battle of Ytororó or Itororó: Field-Marshal Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, leads 13,000 Brazilian troops against a Paraguayan fortified position of 5,000 troops.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363668193#December", "title": "1868", "revid": 1363668193, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1869, "year_label": "1869 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 31", "text": "December 31 – Paraguayan War: Triple Alliance forces take Asunción.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360511845#December", "title": "1869", "revid": 1360511845, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1870, "year_label": "1870 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 1", "text": "1 March - End of the Paraguayan War. Following this, Argentina seeks to enforce one of the secret clauses of the Treaty of the Triple Alliance, which would have permitted it to annex a large portion of the Gran Chaco region. The Brazilian government, wishing to maintain Paraguay as a buffer with Argentina, it rejects the Argentine proposal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353739915#Events", "title": "1870 in Argentina", "revid": 1353739915, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1870, "year_label": "1870 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 1", "text": "March 1 – Battle of Cerro Corá, Paraguay: Marshal Francisco Solano López's last troops are cornered by those of the Triple Alliance. López refuses to surrender and is killed, ending the Paraguayan War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362496807#March", "title": "1870", "revid": 1362496807, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1872, "year_label": "1872 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 9", "text": "January 9 - In the aftermath of the Paraguayan War, the new government of Paraguay makes peace with Brazil, granting reparations and territorial concessions.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1325167608#Events", "title": "1872 in Brazil", "revid": 1325167608, "section": "Events"}}]}