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Events relating to uruguay
José Gervasio Artigas lays siege to the Spanish forces in Montevideo, beginning Uruguay's long struggle for independence
Juan Antonio Lavalleja leads a band of Thirty-three Immortals in Uruguay's fight for independence from Brazil
Lavalleja defeats a Brazilian army at Ituzaingó, in the decisive battle for Uruguayan independence
The independence of Uruguay is agreed in the Treaty of Montevideo between Brazil and Argentina
Civil war breaks out in Uruguay between the Reds and the Whites, followers respectively of Rivera and Oribe
The Paraguayan dictator Francisco Solano López starts a war against Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay which eventually kills more than half his population
José Battle is elected president of Uruguay and proves to be a visionary politician
The Batllistas, followers in Uruguay of José Batlle, attempt an unusual experiment in the reform of government
The Tupamaros are formed as an urban guerrilla group in Uruguay
A military coup plunges democratic Uruguay into eleven years of repressive terror
Uruguay enjoys the first entirely free election since the years of military dictatorship
Canada legalises the sale and use of cannabis, becoming the second country in the world to do so, after Uruguay in 2013