page_title: Timeline of Cartagena, Colombia
section_title: 19th century
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of Cartagena, Colombia / 19th century
caption_attribution_description: La torre de la puerta del reloj en Cartagena, Colombia
context_page_description: The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
context_section_description: 1809 - 17.600 inhabitants.
  1810 - May 22: Cartagena declares independence from Spanish colonial rule.
  1811 - Cartagena becomes part of the newly formed United Provinces of New Granada.
  1815
  March: Simón Bolívar blocks Cartagena for two months and takes military weapons in order to recuperate sister city Santa Marta.
  August: Asedio de Cartagena occurs during the independence war of Colombia, losing 1/3 of the population.
  Population: 18.708
  1816
  Pablo Morillo returns to Cartagena, in the so-called "reconquest".
  The nine martyrs are written off by the court-martial, accusing them of betrayal to the Spanish crown.
  1821
  Royalists surrender Cartagena to Simón Bolivar's forces after a 21-month siege.
  Cartagena becomes capital of the Magdalena department.
  1824 - War of independence finishes.
  1827 - University of Cartagena established.
  1835 - 11.929 inhabitants, population decreased significantly since the independence.
  1843 - Bartolomé Calvo Library founded.
  1849
  Cholera plague hits Cartagena, 1/3 of the population decease.
  El Porvenir newspaper begins publication.
  1850 - La Republica newspaper begins publication.
  1857 - The province of Cartagena is designated the name of Bolívar department, in honor to Simón Bolívar.
  1870 - El camellón de los Mártires (median strip) built, making a social place for the Cartagenero.
  1885 - The ermitage of El cabrero is built by the 4 times president Rafael Nuñez for his wife.
  1888 - A republican-style clock tower, Torre del reloj (Cartagena) is built over the entrance of the wall.
  1889 - Public Library José Fernandez de Madrid opens.
  1891 - El Espinal, El Cabrero, Manga and Pie de La Popa, become townships.
  1892 - Dispute on the terrains of La Boquilla.
  1894
  Cartagena's railway inaugurated, connecting the capital of the Bolivar department to the Magdalena river.
  Muelle de la Machina (dock) inaugurated.
  1896 - Bolivar statue erected in Bolívar Park (Cartagena, Colombia).
  1898 - After a big depression, economy recuperates. Volume of exportation: 34.653 tons.
caption: Torre del Reloj (clock tower).
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