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Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Basic timeline of Colombia

This post is a basic timeline of Colombia. There are 25 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• Quimbaya culture (~1st century BC)
• Tairona culture (~1st century AD)
• Zenu (200 BC - 1600 AD)
• Muisca Confederation (~1450-1540)
• Alonso de Ojeda and Spain arrive (1499)
• Spain establishes Cartagena city (1533)
• Spanish conquest of the Muisca (1537-1540)
• Spanish Viceroyalty of New Granada (1717-1821)
• Colombia declares independence (1810)
• Simon Bolivar leads independence campaign (1819-1820)
• Battle of Boyaca (1819)
• Gran Colombia (1819-1831)
• Republic of New Granada (1831-1858)
• Granadine Confederation (1858-1863)
• United States of Colombia (1863-1886)
• Repbulic of Colombia (1886 - now)
• Panama secedes from Colombia (1903)
• La Violencia civil war (1948-1958)
• April 19th Movement (1960-1990)
• Columbia conflict (1964 - now)
• Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (1964 - now)
• National Liberation Army (1964 - now)
• Palace of Justice siege by M-19 (1985)
• Colombian Constitution of 1991
• Peace agreement with FARC (2016)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Colombia at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Colombia.)