Asunción is occupied on January 1, 1869…
January 1869 CE
Asunción is occupied on January 1, 1869 by the command of Colonel Hermes Ernesto da Fonseca, father of the future Marshal Hermes da Fonseca.
The Duke of Caxias enters the city with the rest of the army on the fifth day, and leaves his command thirteen days later.