Liberal Revolution of 1895

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Liberal Revolution of 1895
Representation of the Battle of Chasqui, you can see the montoneros of Eloy Alfaro before the battle.
Date 5 June 1895 – 28 January 1912 Location Ecuador Result Victory for the Liberals
Belligerents
Conservatives	Liberals
Commanders and leaders
Plácido Caamaño Juan Manuel Triviño † Ramón González Valencia Pedro Nel Ospina Manuel Antonio Franco † Manuel Serrano Renda Vicente Villamizar Carlos Concha Torres José María Sarasti Pedro J. Montero  Luciano Coral  Pedro Lizarzaburu Flavio Alfaro  Medardo Alfaro  Ulpiano Páez  Emilio Terán	Eloy Alfaro  Leonidas Plaza Pompeyo Baquero Luis Cordero Crespo Lizardo García Vicente Lucio Salazar Emilio Estrada Carmona Luis Vargas Torres Tomás Larrea
Strength
6,000 soldiers	5,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
8,000–15,000 dead	6,000–10,000 dead

The Liberal Revolution of 1895 took place in Ecuador, and was a period of radical social and political upheaval. The Revolution started on June 5, 1895 and ultimately resulted in the overthrow of the conservative government, which had ruled Ecuador for several decades, by the Radical Liberals, led by Eloy Alfaro. After the revolution, the new government legalized divorce, allowed religious freedom, and weakened the authority of the Church, which lost the land it held.^[1]

The Revolution is often seen as marking the birth of modern Ecuador, with a new power structure that favored the Liberal Party, and new infrastructure projects such as the construction of a railway line between Quito and Guayaquil.^[2]

• Handelsman, Michael. Culture and Customs of Ecuador. Westport: Greenwood Press, 2000. ISBN 0-313-30244-8
• Roos, Wilma and Van Renterghem, Omer. Ecuador: a guide to the people, politics and culture. Northampton: Interlink Books, 2000. ISBN 1-56656-385-2

• History of Ecuador