2nd hour-Ila Bachler

By Ila.bachler

  • 1819-Gains independence from Spain

    1819-Gains independence from Spain
    SImon Bolivar becomes the first Coloumbian president

  • 1902

    1902
    The civil war in Colombia ends, it is also called the war of a thousand days

  • 1903

    1903
    Panama seceded from Colombia with USA backing; allowed USA to build Panama Canal

  • 1910

    1910
    Carlos Eugenio Restrepo is president of Colombia

  • 1914

    1914
    José Vicente Concha is president of Colombia

  • 1915

    1915
    ndigenous nasa leader Quintín Lame is arrested for attempting the creation of an indigenous independent republic

  • 1928

    1928
    The Banana massacre, in Spanish, Matanza de las bananeras or Masacre de las bananeras: A massacre of workers for the United Fruit Company that occurred in the town of Ciénaga near Santa Marta.

  • 1948

    1948
    Murder of politician Jorge Eliécer Gaitán. Bogotazo riots. Starts the bipartisan violence ("La Violencia")

  • 1953

    1953
    Gustavo Rojas Pinilla seized power by means of a coup d'état

  • 1976

    1976
    Starts the development of Cerrejón Coal mine. It is the largest mining operation in Colombia and among the largest open-pit coal mines in the world