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The first amendment to the Constitution of 1886. Carlos Eugenio Restrepo is elected.
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The Thousand Day War was the largest civil war that struck the Republic of Colombia and Panama between October 17, 1899 and November 21, 1902.
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General Rafael Reyes takes possession of the Presidency. Liberals participate in his government, while conservatives declare opposition to him. -
The Germans, founded in Barranquilla the Colombian Society of Air Transport started aviation in Colombia.
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This was perpetrated by a regiment of the Colombian Armed Forces under the presidential mandate of Miguel Abadía Méndez and executed by order of General Cortés Vargas in the municipality of Ciénaga.
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The Colombian-Peruvian conflict originated in the activities carried out by the Arana house in the rubber zone of Colombia, which the Peruvians tried to annex in 1911, which gave rise to a first war with Peru and the loss of part of the Colombian territory.
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Three shots ended his life on April 9, 1948. His murder initiated lots of rioting. -
The guerrillas are started by the liberals To defend themselves from official persecution, the Liberals organize guerrillas in the eastern plains. -
The drug trafficking mafia unleashes a terrorist wave. Powerful bombs explode in Bogotá and in different cities of the country.
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President Alfonso López Pumarejo advanced a new reform to the Constitution, organized trade unionism in the country and enshrined the right to strike, promoted the development of the National University and for the first time Colombian women were considered citizens, but they had no right to vote.