INDEPENDENCE DAY -COLOMBIA

1775 - 1783

Period: 1775 to 1783

American War of Independence

1789

Period: 1789 to 1789

French Revolution

1808 - 1814

Period: 1808 to 1814

Invasion of Spain by France

1810

Period: Jul 20, 1810 to Jul 20, 1810

Shout of Independence in Bogotá

1811

Period: Apr 1, 1811 to Apr 1, 1811

The State of Cundinamarca is formed

1811

Period: May 28, 1811 to May 28, 1811

Battle of the Lower Palace, Realists Defeated

1811

Period: Sep 19, 1811 to Sep 19, 1811

Antonio Nariño becomes president of Cundinamarca

1811

Period: Nov 11, 1811 to Nov 11, 1811

Independence of Cartagena de Indias

1812

Period: Dec 2, 1812 to Dec 2, 1812

Fighting between Centralists and Federalists begins

1812

Period: Dec 15, 1812 to Dec 15, 1812

Simón Bolívar's Cartagena Manifesto

1813

Period: Jan 9, 1813 to Jan 9, 1813

Centralist Triumph for Antonio Nariño in the Battle of Bogotá

1813

Period: Apr 7, 1813 to Apr 7, 1813

Barranquilla Day

1814

Period: Dec 12, 1814 to Dec 12, 1814

Federalists defeat Santa Fe's Nariño government

1815

Period: Aug 26, 1815 to Aug 26, 1815

General Pablo Morillo's army begins the siege of Cartagena de Indias

1815

Period: Dec 6, 1815 to Dec 6, 1815

The fort of Cartagena de Indias falls and the Reconquest of New Granada begins

1819

Period: Feb 15, 1819 to Feb 15, 1819

Simón Bolívar proclaims the Republic of Colombia in the Congress of Angostura

1819

Period: Jul 12, 1819 to Jul 12, 1819

First Constitution

1819

Period: Jul 25, 1819 to Jul 25, 1819

Battle of Vargas Swamp, a key victory for the independence fighters

1819

Period: Aug 7, 1819 to Aug 7, 1819

Battle of Boyacá, causing the definitive fall of the Viceroyalty of New Granada

1819

Period: Aug 10, 1819 to Aug 10, 1819

Simón Bolívar's troops enter Bogotá

1819

Period: Sep 17, 1819 to Sep 17, 1819

The Republic of Colombia is proclaimed

1819

Period: Nov 28, 1819 to Nov 28, 1819

Independence and annexation of the territory of the isthmus of Panama to Greater Colombia proclaimed

1822

Period: Dec 24, 1822 to Dec 24, 1822

Black Christmas in Pasto by Simon Bolivar's troops

1823

Period: Apr 8, 1823 to Apr 8, 1823

First Ordinary Congress of Greater Colombia

1824

Period: Jun 1, 1824 to Jun 1, 1824

Battle of Barbecues, last fight against the Spanish in Colombia