With the independent movement almost dead, Ferdinand I of the Rio de la Plata proclaimed a new kingdom. The rebels fled to the Patagonia and proclaimed a republic (and Bernardo O'Higgins as its president); all of them, except for José Gervasio Artigas, who led a new movement so called the League of the Free Peoples. Also this year John of Portugal died because of a rebellion in the capital. Peter, prince of Brazil, ascend this country and converted it in a Empire.