Colombia History Timeline
 

Colombia History Timeline

Colombia History Timeline
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Spanish conquest of Colombia
General Simon Bolivar
The War of the Thousand Days
USA pay Colombia $25 million for the loss of Panama
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  1535Spanish conquest of Colombia begins and the first permanent settlement in South America was founded at Santa Marta 
     
  15361536-1538: Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada (1509-1579) leads an expedition into the Andes and obtains massive amounts of emeralds and gold 
     
  1538Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada founds Bogota as the capital of the 'New Kingdom of Granada' 
     
  1550Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada was appointed Marshal of New Granada and councillor of Bogotá for life (he died in 1579) 
     
  1550African slaves shipped to work on Colombian plantations 
     
  1564The Spanish government appoints a president to govern the Colombian colony 
     
  1700sSpain combines Colombia with neighbouring territories into one large colony called the Viceroyalty of New Granada which consisted of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama
Venezuelan General Francisco Gabriel de Miranda (1750-1816) participated in major political events for more than thirty years
 
     
  1810The territories of the Viceroyalty of New Granada establish their own independent governments 
     
  1810The King of Spain is overthrown by Napoleon 
     
  1814Spain sends troops to South America to quell the uprising of the colonists 
     
  1819August 7: General Simon Bolivar defeats royalist forces in the Battle of Boyaca 
     
  1819December 17: The Republic of Colombia (also known as Gran Colombia) is proclaimed consisting of Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador 
     
  1819Colombia gains its independence from Spain and Simon Bolivar becomes the first Colombian president 
     
  1830Ecuador and Venezuela became totally independent from Gran Colombia 
     
  1853Colombia adopts a constitution which abolishes slavery 
     
  18991899-1902: Civil War - The War of the Thousand Days 
     
  1903Panama seceded from Colombia with US backing and allows US control over the land now known as the Panama Canal zone 
     
  1922The USA paid Colombia $25 million for the loss of Panama 
     
  19391939-1945 Colombia helped the USA to keep the Panama Canal open during World War 2 
     
  1989USA began  to supply the Colombian government with military equipment to help rid Colombia of drug dealers 
     
Colombia History Timeline

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