Countries that gained independence from the Spanish Empire by date

Can you name all the countries that gained independence from the Spanish Empire in chronological order?
Source from Wikipedia's "List of countries that have gained independence from Spain"
The background color of the first letter indicates the continent
Dates with a pink background indicate countries that no longer exist
Dates with a green background indicate countries that were reconquered and regained independence later (final date in parentheses)
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Country
First letter
Date of independence
Knights Hospitaller (Malta)
(K)M
March 24th 1530 (September 21st 1964)
Dutch Republic (Netherlands)
D(N)
April 12th 1588 (March 16th 1815)
Portugal
P
December 1st 1640
Venezuela
V
July 5th 1810 (September 24th 1830)
Chile
C
September 18th 1810 (February 18th 1818)
West Florida
W
September 26th 1810 - December 10th 1810
Paraguay
P
May 14th 1811
New Granada (Colombia)
N(C)
July 20th 1811 (October 20th 1831)
Cundinamarca
C
July 19th 1813 - December 10th 1814
Federal League (Uruguay)
F(U)
June 29th 1815 (August 25th 1825)
Rio de la Plata (Argentina)
R(A)
July 9th 1816
Gran Colombia
G
December 17th 1819 - November 19th 1831
Guayaquil (Ecuador)
G(E)
October 9th 1820 (May 13th 1830)
Peru
P
July 28th 1821
Central America
C
September 15th 1821 - April 17th 1839
Mexico
M
September 27th 1821
Spanish Haiti (Dominican Republic)
S(D)
December 1st 1821 (August 16th 1865)
Bolivia
B
August 6th 1825
Puerto Rico
P
September 23rd 1868 - December 10th 1898
Cuba
C
April 10th 1869 (May 20th 1902)
Philippines
P
June 12th 1898 (July 4th 1946)
Morocco
M
April 7th 1956
Equatorial Guinea
E
October 12th 1968
Western Sahara
W
February 27th 1975 (Disputed)
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