Anniversary of the First Autonomous Government Board of Quito

On August 10, the installation of the First Autonomous Government Board of Quito is celebrated, an event that marked the so-called First Cry of Hispano-American Independence , the beginning of the emancipation process in all of Latin America. Here we tell you more about this historical event.

How was the formation of the First Autonomous Government Board of Quito?

The First Autonomous Government Board of Quito , was an executive government that was created in the Province of Quito , on August 10, 1810 , as a result of the Napoleonic invasion of Spain and that began the revolutionary process, which would extend until 1812 .

The First Autonomous Government Board of Quito was formed by a group of rebels in response to the Napoleonic invasion and which constituted in Ecuador and other countries of the region as the First Cry of Hispano-American Independence , an event that constituted the beginning of emancipation in the Latin American countries.

The managers of this event are known as the patriots of August 10, 1809 . 32 of these rebels, among whom were intellectuals, doctors, marquises and Creoles residing in Quito, ended up being imprisoned and later murdered on the orders of Ruiz de Castilla in the well-known Mutiny of August 2, 1810.

However, this revolution that lasted until 1812 meant the seed and germ of independence in the rest of the Latin American countries that decided to free themselves from the sovereignty of the Spanish crown.