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commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Justo José de Urquiza

Battles of Justo José de Urquiza

Argentine politician and military (1801–1870)

Justo José de Urquiza is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1843 and 1861: 3 battles and 1 siege across 2 present-day countries, most in Argentina (3), Uruguay (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,597 km apart end to end, 532 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Uruguayan Civil War (2), Argentine Civil Wars (2).

Great Siege of MontevideoBattle of Laguna LimpiaBattle of CaserosBattle of PavónGreat Siege of MontevideoBattle of Laguna LimpiaBattle of CaserosBattle of PavónPorto AlegreCórdobaRosarioSanta FeCaxias do SulPelotasDurazno500 km31.733S, 58.192W
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1843: 1 engagements1 in 18431846: 1 engagements1 in 18461852: 1 engagements1 in 18521861: 1 engagements1 in 186118431861
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Great Siege of Montevideo, 1843Battle of Laguna Limpia, 1846Battle of Caseros, 1852Battle of Pavón, 186118431861
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
August 1843Great Siege of MontevideoMontevideo, UruguayCeasefire agreement; The siege is relieved after the...
1846Battle of Laguna LimpiaArgentina714 km NFederalist victory
3 February 1852Battle of CaserosCiudad Jardín Lomas del Palomar, Argentina672 km SAllied victory; Colorados seize power in Uruguay; Rosas...
17 September 1861Battle of PavónArgentina211 km NWBuenos Aires victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Attributed to Charles DeForest Fredricks, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.