4312  MAY 25th.

Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 16:02:24 +0000
From: "Sergio Vandekier" <sergiovandekier990@hotmail.com>
Subject: [Tango-L] MAY 25th.
To: tango-l@mit.edu

This is not tango related. It relates to Argentine history. If you are not
interested kindly delete.

May 25th. 1810 - Napoleon invaded Spain and the king (Ferdinand VII) was
taken to prison.

Argentina was part of the Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata (together with
Uruguay, Bolivia and Paraguay). The Viceroy represented the authority of the
King of Spain, since the king was not longer in power, Argentine patriots
declared that the viceroy represented nobody and proceeded to form a
National Junta. "La Primera Junta de Gobierno" was the first independent
Argentine government.

The celebration of this event is one of the most important holidays in
Argentina and takes place today. It is interesting to notice that
Independence from Spain was declared six years later on July 9th 1816 after
several years of independence wars.

Best regards, Sergio.