Name: Battle of Ituzaingó
Start: 1827-02-20
Location: Battle of Ituzaingó

Battle of Ituzaingó 1827

Battle of Ituzaingó: Infantaria Brasileira em Passo do Rosário

Image: José Washt Rodrigues, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate. Wikidata lists more than one location for this battle; the first is shown.

Key facts

Date	20 February 1827	Wikidata
Year	1827	Wikidata P585 (point in time)
Era	19th century (1800–1913)	derived from year
Location	Brazil	Natural Earth (modern borders)
Continent	South America	Natural Earth
War / conflict	Cisplatine War	Wikidata P361
Participants	Empire of Brazil, United Provinces of the Río de la Plata	Wikidata P710
Coordinates	-30.2450, -54.8747	Wikidata P625

About the battle

The Battle of Ituzaingó, also known as the Battle of Passo do Rosário, was a pitched battle fought in the vicinity of the Santa Maria River, in a valley of small hills where a stream divided the valley into two.

After a two-year series of continuous sundry skirmishes in the Banda Oriental (present-day Uruguay and Rio Grande do Sul) and along the border of this region with Brazil, the advancing Argentine Army (including Orientals) engaged in combat with the Imperial Brazilian Army.

The battle lasted for about six hours, beginning at around six in the morning of 20 February 1827.

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