War of the Triple Alliance: Timeline

1865   Triple Alliance of Argentina Argentina

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, Brazil Brazil

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 and Uruguay Uruguay

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 against Paraguay Paraguay

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 is formally signed - War of the Triple Alliance has already begun.

1866   May 2 Battle of Estero Bellaco. Paraguayan forces attack the vanguard of the Triple Alliance Army (Brazil Brazil

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, Argentina Argentina

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 and Uruguay Uruguay

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) War of the Triple Alliance.

1866   Battle of Tuyutí - 32.000 soldiers of the Triple Alliance War of the Triple Alliance

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 defeat 24.000 Paraguayan soldiers few miles north of the Paraná, Argentina - 16.000 casualties.

1866   Paraguay Paraguay

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 successfully defends Curupaity against the Triple Alliance War of the Triple Alliance

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, scoring more than 5000 with just about 50 casualties.

1867   War of the Triple Alliance in Paraguay Paraguay

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1868   December 21 and December 27 - Battle of Lomas Valentinas.Two-days battle between Triple Alliance forces under command of Field-Marshall Luís Alves de Lima e Silva Luís Alves de Lima e Silva

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, Marquis of Caxias, and Paraguayan forces under president Solano López. War of the Triple Alliance

1868   War of the Triple Alliance: Brazilian Army commander Luís Alves de Lima e Silva Luís Alves de Lima e Silva

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 enters Asunción Asunción

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, Paraguay Paraguay

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's capital. Some days later he declares the war is over. Nevertheless, Francisco Solano López, Paraguay Paraguay

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's president, prepares guerrillas fight in the countryside

1868   Battle of Itororó or Ytororó. Field-Marshall Luís Alves de Lima e Silva Luís Alves de Lima e Silva

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, Marquis of Caxias, leads 13,000 Brazilian troops against a Paraguayan fortified position of 5,000 troops. War of the Triple Alliance

1868   Battle of Avahy or Battle of Avaí.Field-Marshall Luís Alves de Lima e Silva Luís Alves de Lima e Silva

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, Marquis of Caxias, leads 17,000 troops (Brazilians at most) against 4,000 Paraguayans. War of the Triple Alliance

1869   Triple Alliance War of the Triple Alliance

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 forces take Asunción Asunción

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1870   Francisco Solano López' last troops cornered by Triple Alliance War of the Triple Alliance

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 troops at Cerro Cora. López refuses to surrender and is killed. Fighting ends in Paraguay Paraguay

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 - the War of the Triple Alliance is over

1870   Francisco Solano López' last troops cornered by Triple Alliance War of the Triple Alliance

The War of the Triple Alliance, also known as the Paraguayan War, was fought from 1864 to 1870, an... 

 troops at Cerro Cora. López refuses to surrender and is killed. Fighting ends in Paraguay Paraguay

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 - the War of the Triple Alliance is over

1872   In the aftermath of the War of the Triple Alliance, new government of Paraguay Paraguay

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 makes peace with Brazil Brazil

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, grant reparations and territorial concessions

1876   Paraguay Paraguay

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 makes peace with Argentina Argentina

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 after the War of the Triple Alliance.