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The Revolt of th Comuneros
This was the name given to the uprising of a group of people under the orders of the Spanish people, which began in the department of Socorro in Santander. From this date onwards, groups were created in several places that opposed what was imposed by the Spanish rulers. -
The Independence of Colombia
The Independence of Colombia was the process that marked the end of the period of domination of the Spanish Empire in the current Colombian territory. This process took place in the midst of a conflict between 1810 and 1819 to liberate the territories that at that time comprised the Viceroyalty of New Granada. -
Independence of Cartagena
Commemorates when Cartagena became the first Colombian city and the second biggest city in South America after the city of Caracas in Venezuela to declare independence from the Spanish
While celebrations focus on the city of Cartagena, this is a national holiday as the independence of Cartagena is seen as a key event in the struggle for freedom in Colombia and other parts of Latin America. -
The Battle of Boyacá
The Boyacá Bridge, 14 kilometers from Tunja, was the scenario for one of the greatest battles ever fought in the name of independence in Colombia: the Battle of Boyacá.
Not only was this battle pivotal for our independence, but it also influenced the victories in Carabobo in Venezuela, Pichincha in Ecuador; and Junín and Ayacucho in Perú. The bridge, which suffered greatly, was reconstructed on August 7th 1919 by President Marco Fidel Suárez. -
Death of Antonio Nariño
Antonio Amador José de Nariño Bernardo del Casal (Santa Fé de Bogotá, Colombia 1765 – 1823 Villa de Leyva, Colombia) was a Colombian ideological precursor of the independence movement in New Granada (present day Colombia) as well as one its of early political and military leaders. -
Division of Gran Colombia
Gran Colombia splits into Colombia (including modern-day Panama), Ecuador and Venezuela; Bolívar sends himself into exile; he dies in Santa Marta. -
The War of the Thousand Days
The three-year Thousand Days War between Liberals and Conservatives erupts around the country,. Around 120,000 people die in civil war between Liberals and Conservatives. Panama becomes an independent state. -
Panama declares independence from Colombia
With the support of the U.S. government, Panama issues a declaration of independence from Colombia. The revolution was engineered by a Panamanian faction backed by the Panama Canal Company, a French-U.S. corporation that hoped to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans with a waterway across the Isthmus of Panama. -
Banana Massacre
Was a massacre of United Fruit Company workers that occurred between December in the town of Ciénaga near Santa Marta. The strike began when the workers ceased to work until the company would reach an agreement with them to grant them dignified working conditions. After several weeks with no agreement, in which the UFC refused to negotiate with the workers, the conservative government sent the Colombian army in against the strikers, resulting in the massacre of 100 to 2,000 people. -
First woman to enter University
Higher education for women, which began as a right by law, became one of the achievements of the country's modernity. No discrimination. -
El Bogotazo
With the assassination of Gaitan, the tensions between the two parties escalated to physical confrontations. The followers of the popular Liberal leader started rioting against government forces and followers and vandalized the capital city Bogotá. Violence then spread to other regions of the country. Both parties then decided to reinstate the "Union Nacional". -
The Rojas Pinilla Dictatorship
He promised peace, justice, and liberty. Instead, ruling by decree, he silenced the opposition press, made the secret police an ever-present institution and embezzled government money to buy land for himself until conservatives and liberals jointly forced him into exile.
When General Rojas Pinilla came to power, he closed the Congress, stripping Colombia of its constitutional and democratic characteristics. -
National Front
Was a period in the history of Colombia in which the two main political parties, the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party, agreed to rotate power, intercalating for a period of four presidential terms. -
Palace of Justice siege
When the M-19 assaulted the Palace of Justice in blood and fire and the army burst in behind them with cannon fire, causing the death of 11 Supreme Court judges and 65 officials and visitors between them (as well as the burning of the building and the destruction of all its archives) -
Colombian Constitution of 1991
New constitution legalises divorce, prohibits extradition of Colombians wanted for trial in other countries and guarantees indigenous peoples' democratic rights, but without addressing their territorial claims. -
Operation Jaque
FARC is duped into handing over its highest-value hostage, French-Colombian presidential candidate, Ingrid Betancourt, to the Colombian army. -
Colombian peace process
Negotiations between the Colombian government and the FARC aimed at bringing a lasting peace to Colombia begin in Havana, Cuba. -
Plebiscite for peace
The Colombian people narrowly reject the controversial peace agreement with the FARC during a national referendum. -
Peace dialogues whit the ELN
Colombian government is finally starting formal talks with the country’s second-largest guerrilla group, the National Liberation Army (ELN). The negotiations are sure to raise questions about Colombia’s post-conflict future, the implementation of the peace accords with the larger Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), and ongoing human rights issues. With launch of the peace negotiations’ public phase this day in Quito, Ecuador at 5:00 p.m. local time, here is an overview of the process. -
National quarantine
National quarantine decreed by the National Government begins due to the global health emergency of the Coronavirus pandemic.
