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| 1825 |
| | | Juan Antonio Lavalleja leads a band of Thirty-three Immortals in Uruguay's fight for independence from Brazil | |
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| 1826 |
| | | Pedro I, emperor of Brazil, inherits the throne of Portugal (as Pedro IV) but continues to rule from Brazil | |
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| 1827 |
| | | Lavalleja defeats a Brazilian army at Ituzaingó, in the decisive battle for Uruguayan independence | |
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| 1828 |
| | | The independence of Uruguay is agreed in the Treaty of Montevideo between Brazil and Argentina | |
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| 1831 |
| | | Pedro I abdicates in Brazil and returns to Europe to recover his Portuguese throne (as Pedro IV) | |
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| 1840 |
| | | The 14-year-old Dom Pedro, son of Pedro I, becomes emperor of Brazil as Pedro II | |
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| 1850 |
| | | Brazil, historically the world's second largest importer of slaves from Africa, finally bans the slave trade | |
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| 1861 |
| | | At Pavón the provincial troops of Buenos Aires defeat the Argentinian national army, emphatically demonstrating the power of their city | |
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| 1865 |
| | | The Paraguayan dictator Francisco Solano López starts a war against Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay which eventually kills more than half his population | |
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| 1880 |
| | | Buenos Aires is finally accepted as the permanent capital city of Argentina | |
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