Bolivian Independence War

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Bolivia proclaimed independence from Spain, in 1809, but 16 years of struggle followed before the establishment of the republic.

The fight for independence was culminated at Ayacucho, on December 9, 1824, as part of Bolívar's War in Republican Campaign when Antonio Jose de Sucre's republican army of 7,000 defeated Jose de La Serna's Spanish army of 10,000. The republicans suffered more than 1,000 republican casualties to more than 2,000 Spanish casualties and more than 2,000 captured, among them, La Serna. The Spanish surrender came the next day. It was Sucre what made the declaration of Independence in the city that to this that has his name.

The country was named Bolivia, after Simón Bolívar, on August 6, 1825.