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1783 – Simón Bolívar is born (July 24, Caracas, Venezuela).
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1795 – Antonio José de Sucre is born (February 3, Cumaná, Venezuela).
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1795 – Pedro Blanco Soto is born (October 19, Cochabamba, Upper Peru, now Bolivia).
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1804-1807 – Bolívar travels through Europe and witnesses Napoleon's coronation.
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1809-1810 – The first independence movements begin in Latin America.
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1810 – Bolívar joins the independence cause in Venezuela
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1813 – Sucre joins the patriot army in Venezuela.
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1819 – Bolívar leads the Liberating Campaign of New Granada and establishes Gran Colombia.
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1821 – Sucre wins the Battle of Carabobo, a key victory for Venezuelan independence.
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1822 – Bolívar and San Martín meet in Guayaquil.
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1822 – Sucre wins the Battle of Pichincha, securing Ecuador’s independence.
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1824 – Sucre leads the patriot army in the Battle of Ayacucho, which secures Peru's and South America's independence.
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1825 – Sucre enters Chuquisaca and proclaims the independence of Upper Peru (Bolivia).
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1825 – Bolívar establishes the Republic of Bolivia and appoints Sucre as its first president.
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1826 – Pedro Blanco Soto participates in internal conflicts and rises in politics
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1828 – Sucre resigns from the presidency of Bolivia.
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1828-1829 – Pedro Blanco Soto briefly serves as president of Bolivia (December 1828 to January 1829).
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1829 – Bolívar withdraws from power in Gran Colombia.
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1829 – Pedro Blanco Soto is assassinated (January 1, La Recoleta, Sucre, Bolivia).
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1830 – Sucre is assassinated (June 4, Berruecos, Colombia).
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1830 – Bolívar dies (December 17, Santa Marta, Colombia)