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The 15 September council meeting at which independence was finally declared was chaired by Gabino Gaínza, [6] and the text of the Act itself was written by Honduran intellectual and politician José Cecilio del Valle [7] and signed by representatives of the various Central American provinces, including José Matías Delgado, José Lorenzo de ...
In 1821 a congress of Central American Criollos in Guatemala City composed the Act of Independence of Central America to declare the region's independence from Spain, effective on 15 September of that year. [3] That date is still marked as independence day by most Central American nations.
In 1821, El Salvador achieved independence from Spain as part of the First Mexican Empire, only to further secede as part of the Federal Republic of Central America two years later. Upon the republic's independence in 1841, El Salvador became a sovereign state until forming a short-lived union with Honduras and Nicaragua called the Greater ...
September 15 was chosen as the starting point for the commemoration because it is the anniversary of the Cry of Dolores (early morning, 16 September 1810), which marked the start of the Mexican War of Independence and thus resulted (in 1821) in independence for the New Spain Colony (now Mexico and the Central American nations of Guatemala, El ...
On 15 September 1821, leading Central American colonial administrators declared independence from Spain and signed the Act of Independence of Central America. Independence leaders established the Consultive Junta to temporarily govern the newly-independent Central America until a permanent government could be established.
September 15 Independence Day: A national holiday held on September 15 to celebrate Act of Independence of Central America from Spain in 1821. September 30 Fiesta de San Jerónimo Catholics of the cities of Masaya and Bluefields celebrate Saint Jerome. October 12 Indigenous Resistance Day
Assumption of Mary into Heaven (only in Guatemala City ) September 15. Independence Day. Día de la Independencia. Celebrates the Act of Independence of Central America in 1821. October 12. Day of the Race. Día de la Raza. Celebrates the resistance to the European conquest of America. [ 6]
The 1811 Independence Movement ( Spanish: Movimiento de Independencia de 1811 ), known in El Salvador as the First Shout of Independence ( Primer Grito de Independencia ), [1] was the first of a series of revolts in Central America in modern-day El Salvador against Spanish rule and dependency on the Captaincy General of Guatemala.