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Revolution of 1890 | |||||||||
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Revolutionaries in a building in Piedad (today Mitre) and Talcahuano streets. | |||||||||
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Government-Insurgents | |||||||||
Government of Argentina National Autonomist Party | Civic Union | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Miguel Juárez Celman Carlos Pellegrini Julio Argentino Roca |
Leandro Alem Bartolomé Mitre Aristóbulo del Valle Hipólito Yrigoyen | ||||||||
Military support | |||||||||
2,500 militiamen 1,300 soldiers |
3,000 policemen Loyal soldiers | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
~300–1,500 dead and wounded |
The Revolution of the Park (Revolución del Parque), also known as the Revolution of '90, was an uprising against the national government of Argentina that took place on July 26, 1890, and started with the takeover of the Buenos Aires Artillery Park. It was led by members of the Civic Union (which would later give rise to the modern Radical Civic Union) against the presidency of Miguel Juárez Celman (of the National Autonomist Party). Though it failed in its main goals, the revolution forced Celman's resignation (who would be replaced by his vice president Carlos Pellegrini) and marked the decline of the elite of the Generation of '80.[1]