Battle of Matasiete 2025
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 31 July 2025 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 2025 | Wikidata P585 (point in time) |
| Era | Post-1945 (1946 onwards) | derived from year |
| Location | Venezuela | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | South America | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Venezuelan War of Independence | Wikidata P361 |
| Coordinates | 11.0369, -63.8517 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Battle of Matasiete was a battle in the Venezuelan War of Independence that took place on 31 July 1817 near the city of La Asunción on Isla Margarita in Venezuela.
It was fought between pro-independence Republican revolutionaries led by Francisco Esteban Gómez and Spanish Royalist forces under the command of Pablo Morillo.
The outcome was a Spanish defeat.
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