Colombia History Timeline & Facts
South
America - Concise History of the Mesoamerican civilisations
Mesoamericans
were the ancient civilisations of South America which is now
divided into 12 independent countries consisting of
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
The diverse civilizations of ancient Mesoamerica included
the Olmecs, Toltecs, Aztecs, Incas and Mayans
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History and Timeline of Colombia
1535 Spanish Colombian conquest begins
1525 The first permanent settlement in South America was
founded at Santa Marta
1536-1538 Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada
(1509-1579) led an expedition into the Andes and obtained
massive amounts of emeralds and gold
1538 Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada founded Bogota as the
capital of the 'New Kingdom of Granada'
1550 Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada was appointed Marshal of New
Granada and councillor of Bogotá for life. He died in 1579
1550 African slaves were shipped to Colombia to work on
Colombian plantations
1564 The Spanish government appointed a president to govern
the Colombian colony
1700s Spain combined Colombia with neighboring territories
into one large colony called the Viceroyalty of New Granada
The Viceroyalty of New Granada consisted of Colombia,
Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama
Venezuelan General Francisco Gabriel de Miranda (1750-1816)
participated in major political events for more than three
decades
1810 The territories of the Viceroyalty of New Granada set
up their own independent governments
1810 Overthrow of the king of Spain by Napoleon
1814 Spain sent troops to South America to quell the
uprising of the colonists
1819 General Simon Bolivar defeats royalist forces in the
Battle of Boyaca on August 7 and the Republic of Colombia
(also known as Gran Colombia) is proclaimed on December 17,
consisting of Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador
1819 Colombia gained its independence from Spain
Simon Bolivar established Gran Colombia and became the first
Colombian president
1830 Ecuador and Venezuela left Gran Colombia to became
totally independent
1853 Colombia adopted a constitution which abolished slavery
1899-1902 Civil War - The War of the Thousand Days took
place
1903 Panama seceded from Colombia with US backing and allows
US control over the strip of land now known as the Panama
Canal zone
1922 The United States paid Colombia $25 million for the
loss of Panama
1939-1945 Colombia helped the United States to keep the
Panama Canal open during World War II
1989 USA began supplying the Colombian government with
military equipment to help rid Colombia of drug dealers
2002 Alvaro Uribe Velez was elected Colombian president.
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