Events in the year 1825 in

Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

. This year is celebrated in Bolivia as the official beginning of the nation, with the

Declaration of Independence A declaration of independence is an assertion by a polity in a defined territory that it is independent and constitutes a state. Such places are usually declared from part or all of the territory of another state or failed state, or are breaka ...

issued on 6 August.

Incumbents

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being an embodiment of the State itself or representative of its international persona." The name given to the office of head of sta ...

: **

Simón Bolívar Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios (24July 178317December 1830) was a Venezuelan statesman and military officer who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bol ...

(12 August–29 December) **

Antonio José de Sucre Antonio José de Sucre y Alcalá (; 3 February 1795 – 4 June 1830), known as the "Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho" (), was a Venezuelan general and politician who served as the president of Bolivia from 1825 to 1828. A close friend and associate ...

(starting 29 December)

Ongoing events

Bolivian War of Independence The Bolivian War of Independence (, 1809–1825) began with the establishment of Junta (Spanish American Independence), government juntas in Sucre and La Paz, after the Chuquisaca Revolution and La Paz revolution. These Juntas were defeated sho ...

(1809–1825) * Invasion of Chiquitos (1825)

Events

March

* Invasion of Chiquitos: The

Empire of Brazil The Empire of Brazil was a 19th-century state that broadly comprised the territories which form modern Brazil and Uruguay until the latter achieved independence in 1828. The empire's government was a Representative democracy, representative Par ...

attempts to annex Chiquitos, now part of the

Santa Cruz Department Santa Cruz () is the largest of the nine constituent departments of Bolivia, occupying about one-third (33.74%) of the country's territory. With an area of , it is slightly smaller than Japan or the US state of Montana. It is located in the ...

April

* 1 April – War of Independence –

Battle of Tumusla The Battle of Tumusla was the last battle between regular forces during the Bolivian War of Independence and one of the last encounters of the Spanish American wars of independence. This battle was fought on 1 April 1825, near the village of Tu ...

: Carlos Medinaceli Lizarazu defeats

Pedro Antonio Olañeta Pedro Antonio de Olañeta y Marquiegui (October 16, 1770 in Elgueta, Gipuzkoa, Spain – April 2, 1825 in Tumusla, Potosí Department, Bolivia) was a Royalist commander in the army of the Spanish Empire who fought against the South American insurg ...

in the last confrontation of the Bolivian War of Independence.

May

* 30 May – Invasion of Chiquitos: Brazil evacuates Chiquitos.

August

* 6 August – War of Independence: The

Bolivian Declaration of Independence Bolivia's independence was definitively proclaimed on 6 August 1825 at a congress held in Chuquisaca. Battle of Junín While the Gran Colombian troops disembarked in the port of Callao under the command of General Antonio José de Sucre, Gener ...

, in which Bolivia officially declares independence from the

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, is approved by the General Assembly of Deputies of the Province of Upper Peru. * 12 August – Simón Bolívar enters Bolivian territory. From that day, by virtue of the decree that proclaimed independence, he became the 1st

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. * 17 August ** A green-red-green tricolor is adopted by the General Assembly as the

flag of Bolivia The national flag of the Plurinational State of Bolivia was originally adopted in 1851. The state and war flag is a horizontal tricolour (flag), tricolor of red, yellow and green with the Coat of Arms of Bolivia, Bolivian coat of arms in the ce ...

. ** A design is adopted by the General Assembly as the

coat of arms of Bolivia The coat of arms of Bolivia has a central cartouche surrounded by Bolivian flags, cannons, laurel branches, and has an Andean condor on top. Official description Bolivian law describes the coat of arms as follows: The coat of arms of the Repu ...

December

* 29 December – Bolívar renounces his position and delegates command to Antonio José de Sucre.

Births

Deaths

* 2 April –

, Spanish

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general (b. 1774)

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Bibliography

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Years of the 19th century in Bolivia