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| 1806 |
| | | The Creole militia of Buenos Aires drive out an English force which has captured the city | |
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| 1807 |
| | | The Portuguese royal family flees to Brazil on the approach of a French army led by Jean-Andoche Junot | |
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| 1808 |
| | | The Portuguese royal family and their entourage arrive in Rio de Janeiro | |
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| 1809 |
| | | With acts of defiance in Sucre, Bolivia becomes the first American province to rebel against the Spanish authorities | |
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| 1810 |
| | | Simón Bolívar, a young officer in Caracas, takes part in a coup which wins control of Venezuela from the Spanish | |
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| 1810 |
| | | After a public meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentinians set up an autonomous local government in opposition to Spanish forces | |
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| 1810 |
| | | José Gervasio Artigas lays siege to the Spanish forces in Montevideo, beginning Uruguay's long struggle for independence | |
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| 1810 |
| | | The citizens of Bogotá expel the local Spanish officials and declare their loyalty to the deposed Ferdinand VII | |
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| 1810 |
| | | Chile begins four years of untroubled independence, ruled by a junta introducing liberal reforms | |
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| 1811 |
| | | The citizens of Bogotá declare the independence of the province of Colombia | |
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