The first national anthem to be officially adopted was "La Marseillaise", for the First French Republic. Composed in 1792, it was officially adopted by the French National Convention in 1796. It was retired in favour of "Chant du départ" under the First French Empire, and was re-instated in 1830, in the wake of the July Revolution. From this time, it became common for newly formed nations to define national anthems, notably as a result of the Latin American wars of independence, for Argentina (1813), Peru (1821), Brazil (1831) but also Belgium (1830).