May Revolution
The term May Revolution ( Spanish : Revolución de Mayo ) describes a series of events in May of the year 1810 on the territory of the then Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata with the center of the events in the city of Buenos Aires . The May Revolution culminated in the establishment of the first government of the state, formed independently of the Spanish Crown , which six years after the May Revolution declared itself independent from the motherland and which today bears the name Argentina .
Involved in the coup were primarily people of Spanish origin from the upper middle and upper classes of Buenos Aires. In the course of the May Revolution there was no great violence; The designation of the events as "revolution" emphasizes above all the change in the system of government, as a result of which Buenos Aires no longer had to bend to decisions that the Spanish administration made on their behalf.
The Plaza de Mayo in the center of Buenos Aires was named after these events. In 1910 the Exposición Internacional del Centenario took place on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary . May 25, the day the autonomous government began its work, is now Argentina's national holiday.
literature
- Felipe Pigna : Los mitos de la historia argentina (Spanish); 26th edition Grupo Editorial Norma, Buenos Aires 2007 ISBN 987-545-149-5
- Felipe Pigna: 1810 - La otra historia de nuestra Revolución fundadora (Spanish); Editorial Planeta, Buenos Aires 2010 ISBN 978-950-49-2288-9