Storming of the Venezuelan National Congress

Storming of the Venezuelan National Congress
Convent of San Francisco, Caracas, former seat of Congress and place of attack
Date	January 24, 1848
Location	Caracas, Venezuela
Caused by	Disagreements between conservatives and liberals
Resulted in	Start of the Venezuelan civil war (1848–1849) José Tadeo Monagas consolidates power
Parties
Conservatives Liberals
Casualties and losses
3 deaths 1 deaths

The Storming of the Venezuelan National Congress, also known as Assault on the National Congress,^[1] was a brawl on 24 January 1848 at the headquarters of the Venezuelan Congress in Caracas that marked the definitive rupture between the Conservatives and Liberals, which had led almost two decades of continuous clashes.^[2][3]