Battle of Pichincha

The Battle of Pichincha Day on May 24 is of particular importance to Ecuadorians. It is a small but highly significant battle that freed colonies from Spanish rule. On this day in the 19th century, a battalion of rebels pitted their wits against Spanish royalist soldiers on the Cerro Pichincha, an Andean volcano, securing victory in what would be a series of wins that finally helped establish independent nations across Latin America.