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Name: League of the Three Cities

Type: Polity

Start: 1835 AD

End: 1835 AD

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Was a league of three rebel cities during the League War in Costa Rica.

Establishment


  • September 1835: Almost immediately Alajuela accepted the Ulloa government.
  • Chronology


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    1. League War


    Was civil war in Costa Rica, a member state of the Federal Republic of Central America at the time.

  • September 1835: In 1835, Heredia, a province in Costa Rica, joined forces with Cartago and Alajuela in the League of Three Cities.
  • September 1835: In 1835, the city of Cartago defied the government of Braulio Carrillo by appointing coffee grower Nicolás Ulloa Soto as Head of State. This move aimed to reinstate the Ambulance Law, a significant piece of legislation in the League of the Three Cities.
  • October 1835: In early October, the militias of Cartago , Alajuela and Heredia besieged San José.
  • October 1835: Forces of Alajuela and Heredia, with some 3,000 men under the command of Alajuela Colonel José Ángel Soto, invaded San Juan del Murciélago.
  • October 1835: After the Battle of Cuesta de Moras sergeant Major Manuel Quijano took the city of Cartago.
  • October 1835: The heredianos and alajuelenses were defeated in several combats. Finally, Heredia and Alajuela were occupied by Government forces the night of October 28.

  • Disestablishment


  • October 1835: The heredianos and alajuelenses were defeated in several combats. Finally, Heredia and Alajuela were occupied by Government forces the night of October 28.
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