The
May Revolution was a week-long series of events that took place from May 18 to 25, 1810, in
Buenos Aires, capital of the
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. This Spanish colony included roughly the territories of present-day Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay. The result was the removal of
Viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros and the establishment of a local government, the
Primera Junta (
First Junta), on May 25. It was the first successful revolution in South American Independence process.