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  United States War of Independence
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  French Revolution
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  Invasion of Spain by France
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  Cry of Independence in Bogotá
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  Battle of the Lower Palacé, the royalists are defeated
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  The State of Cundinamarca is formed
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  Antonio Nariño becomes President of Cundinamarca
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  Independence of Cartagena de Indias
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  Start of fighting between Centralists and Federalists
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  Cartagena Manifesto of Simón Bolívar
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  Centralist Triumph in favor of Antonio Nariño in the Battle of Bogotá
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  Barranquilla Day
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  Federalists defeat the government of Nariño de Santa Fe
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  The army of General Pablo Morillo begins the siege of Cartagena de Indias
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  The fort of Cartagena de Indias falls, beginning the Reconquest of New Granada
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  Simón Bolívar proclaims the Republic of Colombia in the Angostura Congress
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  Battle of the Vargas Reservoir, a key victory for the independentistas
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  Battle of Boyacá, which causes the definitive fall of the Viceroyalty of New Granada
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  Simón Bolívar's troops enter Bogotá
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  The Republic of Colombia is proclaimed
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  First Constitution
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  The independence and annexation of the territory of the Panama isthmus to Gran Colombia is proclaimed
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  Black Christmas in Pasture by Simón Bolívar's troops
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  First ordinary congress of Gran Colombia
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  Battle of Barbecues, last fight against the Spanish in Colombia