19th century Year Date Event 1803 San Andres y Providencia islands are annexed to the Viceroyalty of New Granada 1810 20 July Cry of Independence, also known as the Florero de Llorente (Llorente Flower Vase) incident (Colombian Independence Day) 25 July José Miguel Pey de Andrade is President of the Supreme Governing Junta 17 September The president of the Supreme Board of Cartagena, José María García Toledo, created the Colombian Navy 1811 Antonio Nariño publishes the first Newspaper in Colombia, "La Bagatela" 1 April Jorge Tadeo Lozano is declared President of Cundinamarca and Vicegerent of the King's Person Antonio Nariño is declared President of Cundinamarca and Vicegerent of the King's Person 11 November Cartagena de Indias declared its complete independence from Spain 1812 1 April Manuel Rodríguez Torices is President of the State of Cartagena de Indias 19 August Manuel Benito de Castro is declared President of Cundinamarca and Vicegerent of the King's Person 1814 14 May Manuel de Bernardo Álvarez del Casal is declared President of Cundinamarca and Vicegerent of the King's Person 5 October José Luis Álvaro Alvino Fernández Madrid, is president of the United Provinces of the New Granada. 1815 21 January Custodio García Rovira is president of the United Provinces of the New Granada. he was executed 1 month later by Pablo Morillo. 28 March José Miguel Pey de Andrade is President of the United Provinces of the New Granada 17 August Antonio Villavicencio is President of the United Provinces of the New Granada 15 November Camilo Torres Tenorio is President of the United Provinces of the New Granada 1816 22 June Liborio Mejía is president of the United Provinces of the New Granada making him the youngest person to ever hold the presidency of Colombia at the age of 24. He was executed three months later during the Reconquest led by the Spaniard Pablo Morillo. 16 July Manuel Fernando Serrano Uribe is the last president of the United Provinces of the New Granada before its dissolution and complete Reconquest. 28 October Execution of Francisco José de Caldas 1817 14 November Execution of Policarpa Salavarrieta 1818 25 September Doña Manuela Sáenz de Thorne saves Simón Bolívar from an attempted assassination 1819 5 February The Congress of Angostura 25 July Battle of Vargas Swamp 7 August Battle of Boyacá 11 October For order of Francisco de Paula Santander, Spanish colonel Jose Maria Barreiro and 38 Spanish officers were executed in Bogotá. 1821 30 August Congress of Cúcuta and Constitution of Cúcuta 1828 27 August After the failure of the constitutional convention of Ocaña Simón Bolívar proclaimed himself dictator, through the "Organic Decree of Dictatorship". 1830 The Federation of Gran Colombia is dissolved 15 September Rafael José de Urdaneta y Faría is Provisional Chief of the Government of the Republic of Gran Colombia 17 December Simon Bolívar dies in Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino near Santa Marta 1831 2 May Joaquín Mariano Mosquera y Arboleda is President of the Republic of New Granada 1832 10 March José Ignacio de Márquez is President of the Republic of New Granada 7 October Francisco de Paula Santander is President of the Republic of New Granada Coat of Arms of Colombia is officially adopted 1835 Start the Colombian coffee industry with the first commercial crops in Norte de Santander 1837 Colombian peso replaces Colombian real as official currency 1839 The War of the Supremes (Spanish: Guerra de los Supremos, also called the Guerra de los Conventos) extended from 1839 to 1841, caused by the ambitions of various regional leaders (gamonales) to seize power and depose President José Ignacio de Márquez 1840 Foundation of Villavicencio by Esteban Aguirre 1841 1 April Pedro Alcántara Herrán is President of the Republic of New Granada 1845 1 April Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera is President of the Republic of New Granada 1849 Foundation of Manizales by Antioquian colonists 1 April José Hilario López is President of the Republic of New Granada 1851 14 October José de Obaldía is President of the Republic of New Granada 1853 1 April José María Obando is President of the Republic of New Granada Manuel María Mallarino is President of the Republic of New Granada 1854 17 April José María Melo is President of the Republic of New Granada 1856 11 June Creation of the Sovereign State of Antioquía 1857 15 June The Law of 15 June 1857, created the other states that would go on to form the Granadine Confederation: The Sovereign State of Bolívar, The Sovereign State of Santander, The Sovereign State of Cauca, and The Sovereign State of Magdalena 1858 The Granadine Confederation is created. 22 May Mariano Ospina Rodríguez is president of the Granadine Confederation 1860 8 May Newly appointed Supreme Director of War Tomas Cipriano de Mosquera declared the Sovereign State of Cauca a separate nation from the Granadine Confederation and Colombian Civil War (1860–1862) broke out 1861 1 April Bartolomé Calvo is President of the Granadine Confederation 18 July Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera is President of the Granadine Confederation 1863 Foundation of Pereira, Colombia by Remigio Antonio Cañarte The name of the Republic is changed officially to "United States of Colombia" through the Rionegro Constitution 14 May Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera is the first President of the United States of Colombia 26 November The Flag of Colombia is officially adopted 1864 8 April Manuel Murillo Toro is President of the United States of Colombia 1865 Kola Román, a popular Colombian soft drink is introduced by Carlos Roman 1866 1 April José María Rojas Garrido is President of the United States of Colombia 22 May Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera is President of the United States of Colombia for second time 1867 Foundation of Leticia, Colombia by Benigno Bustamante 12 May Joaquín Riascos is President of the United States of Colombia 23 May Manuel María de los Santos Acosta is President of the United States of Colombia 1868 1 April Santos Gutiérrez is President of the United States of Colombia 1870 1 April Eustorgio Salgar is President of the United States of Colombia 1872 1 April Manuel Murillo Toro is President of the United States of Colombia for second time 1874 Santiago Pérez de Manosalbas is President of the United States of Colombia 1876 1 April Aquileo Parra is President of the United States of Colombia 1878 1 April Julián Trujillo Largacha is President of the United States of Colombia 1880 8 April Rafael Nuñez is President of the United States of Colombia 1882 1 April Francisco Javier Zaldúa served as President of the Rionegro Convention, a constituent assembly that created the United States of Colombia (now Colombia). As President of this legislative body, Zaldúa became the de facto President of the United States of Colombia for 6 days, when President Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera ceded executive power to the convention, and until the said convention elected a Council of Ministers to serve collectively as the Colombian head of state. 22 December José Eusebio Otalora is President of the United States of Colombia, in his capacity as the Second Presidential Designate following the death of President Francisco Javier Zaldúa, and the non-acceptance of the office by the First Designate Rafael Núñez. 1884 1 April Ezequiel Hurtado is President of the United States of Colombia 11 August Rafael Nuñez is President of the United States of Colombia for second time 28 August ETB (company) is created, being the first telecommunications company in Colombia 1886 President Rafael Nuñez creates the Colombian Constitution of 1886, which has been one of the longest lasting constitutions in the western hemisphere, and with the Reforms of 1910, 1936, 1958, 1968, 1973 and 1986 was the constitution of Colombia until 1991. The country adopts its present name: "Republic of Colombia" 1 April on 30 March 1886, president Núñez presented his resignation to Congress due to his poor health condition caused by dysentery. José María Campo Serrano is sworn in as Acting President, becoming the first President of Colombian Republic 1887 7 January Eliseo Payán is the 2nd president of Colombia 4 June Rafael Nuñez is the 3rd President of Colombia 1888 Carlos Holguín Mallarino is the 4th President of Colombia 1889 14 October Foundation of Villa Holguin (Later Armenia, Colombia ) by Jesus Maria Ocampo 17 October The Thousand Days War (1899–1902) (Spanish: Guerra de los Mil Días) 1891 5 November Colombian National Police is created 1892 7 August Miguel Antonio Caro is the 4th president of Colombia 29 September Rafael Nuñez is the 5th President of Colombia 1894 18 September Miguel Antonio Caro is the 6th president of Colombia 1896 26 May Poet José Asunción Silva commits suicide 1898 Manuel Antonio Sanclemente is the 7th president of Colombia  1900 26 May President Manuel Antonio Sanclemente extended the deadline for completion of the Panama Canal from 31 October 1904 to 31 October 1910.Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution (1903), p541 The executive decree was granted without consent of the Colombian Congress.Captain Miles P. Duval, Cadiz to Cathay (Stanford University Press, p171 Battle of Palonegro 19 June Date of death of Salvador Camacho, called the "founder of sociology" in Colombia. 31 July José Manuel Marroquín is president of Colombia August Naturalist Soto Grimshaw dies of cholera during an expedition to the Caribbean Region of Colombia
19th century Year Date Event 1803 San Andres y Providencia islands are annexed to the Viceroyalty of New Granada 1810 20 July Cry of Independence, also known as the Florero de Llorente (Llorente Flower Vase) incident (Colombian Independence Day) 25 July José Miguel Pey de Andrade is President of the Supreme Governing Junta 17 September The president of the Supreme Board of Cartagena, José María García Toledo, created the Colombian Navy 1811 Antonio Nariño publishes the first Newspaper in Colombia, "La Bagatela" 1 April Jorge Tadeo Lozano is declared President of Cundinamarca and Vicegerent of the King's Person Antonio Nariño is declared President of Cundinamarca and Vicegerent of the King's Person 11 November Cartagena de Indias declared its complete independence from Spain 1812 1 April Manuel Rodríguez Torices is President of the State of Cartagena de Indias 19 August Manuel Benito de Castro is declared President of Cundinamarca and Vicegerent of the King's Person 1814 14 May Manuel de Bernardo Álvarez del Casal is declared President of Cundinamarca and Vicegerent of the King's Person 5 October José Luis Álvaro Alvino Fernández Madrid, is president of the United Provinces of the New Granada. 1815 21 January Custodio García Rovira is president of the United Provinces of the New Granada. he was executed 1 month later by Pablo Morillo. 28 March José Miguel Pey de Andrade is President of the United Provinces of the New Granada 17 August Antonio Villavicencio is President of the United Provinces of the New Granada 15 November Camilo Torres Tenorio is President of the United Provinces of the New Granada 1816 22 June Liborio Mejía is president of the United Provinces of the New Granada making him the youngest person to ever hold the presidency of Colombia at the age of 24. He was executed three months later during the Reconquest led by the Spaniard Pablo Morillo. 16 July Manuel Fernando Serrano Uribe is the last president of the United Provinces of the New Granada before its dissolution and complete Reconquest. 28 October Execution of Francisco José de Caldas 1817 14 November Execution of Policarpa Salavarrieta 1818 25 September Doña Manuela Sáenz de Thorne saves Simón Bolívar from an attempted assassination 1819 5 February The Congress of Angostura 25 July Battle of Vargas Swamp 7 August Battle of Boyacá 11 October For order of Francisco de Paula Santander, Spanish colonel Jose Maria Barreiro and 38 Spanish officers were executed in Bogotá. 1821 30 August Congress of Cúcuta and Constitution of Cúcuta 1828 27 August After the failure of the constitutional convention of Ocaña Simón Bolívar proclaimed himself dictator, through the "Organic Decree of Dictatorship". 1830 The Federation of Gran Colombia is dissolved 15 September Rafael José de Urdaneta y Faría is Provisional Chief of the Government of the Republic of Gran Colombia 17 December Simon Bolívar dies in Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino near Santa Marta 1831 2 May Joaquín Mariano Mosquera y Arboleda is President of the Republic of New Granada 1832 10 March José Ignacio de Márquez is President of the Republic of New Granada 7 October Francisco de Paula Santander is President of the Republic of New Granada Coat of Arms of Colombia is officially adopted 1835 Start the Colombian coffee industry with the first commercial crops in Norte de Santander 1837 Colombian peso replaces Colombian real as official currency 1839 The War of the Supremes (Spanish: Guerra de los Supremos, also called the Guerra de los Conventos) extended from 1839 to 1841, caused by the ambitions of various regional leaders (gamonales) to seize power and depose President José Ignacio de Márquez 1840 Foundation of Villavicencio by Esteban Aguirre 1841 1 April Pedro Alcántara Herrán is President of the Republic of New Granada 1845 1 April Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera is President of the Republic of New Granada 1849 Foundation of Manizales by Antioquian colonists 1 April José Hilario López is President of the Republic of New Granada 1851 14 October José de Obaldía is President of the Republic of New Granada 1853 1 April José María Obando is President of the Republic of New Granada Manuel María Mallarino is President of the Republic of New Granada 1854 17 April José María Melo is President of the Republic of New Granada 1856 11 June Creation of the Sovereign State of Antioquía 1857 15 June The Law of 15 June 1857, created the other states that would go on to form the Granadine Confederation: The Sovereign State of Bolívar, The Sovereign State of Santander, The Sovereign State of Cauca, and The Sovereign State of Magdalena 1858 The Granadine Confederation is created. 22 May Mariano Ospina Rodríguez is president of the Granadine Confederation 1860 8 May Newly appointed Supreme Director of War Tomas Cipriano de Mosquera declared the Sovereign State of Cauca a separate nation from the Granadine Confederation and Colombian Civil War (1860–1862) broke out 1861 1 April Bartolomé Calvo is President of the Granadine Confederation 18 July Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera is President of the Granadine Confederation 1863 Foundation of Pereira, Colombia by Remigio Antonio Cañarte The name of the Republic is changed officially to "United States of Colombia" through the Rionegro Constitution 14 May Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera is the first President of the United States of Colombia 26 November The Flag of Colombia is officially adopted 1864 8 April Manuel Murillo Toro is President of the United States of Colombia 1865 Kola Román, a popular Colombian soft drink is introduced by Carlos Roman 1866 1 April José María Rojas Garrido is President of the United States of Colombia 22 May Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera is President of the United States of Colombia for second time 1867 Foundation of Leticia, Colombia by Benigno Bustamante 12 May Joaquín Riascos is President of the United States of Colombia 23 May Manuel María de los Santos Acosta is President of the United States of Colombia 1868 1 April Santos Gutiérrez is President of the United States of Colombia 1870 1 April Eustorgio Salgar is President of the United States of Colombia 1872 1 April Manuel Murillo Toro is President of the United States of Colombia for second time 1874 Santiago Pérez de Manosalbas is President of the United States of Colombia 1876 1 April Aquileo Parra is President of the United States of Colombia 1878 1 April Julián Trujillo Largacha is President of the United States of Colombia 1880 8 April Rafael Nuñez is President of the United States of Colombia 1882 1 April Francisco Javier Zaldúa served as President of the Rionegro Convention, a constituent assembly that created the United States of Colombia (now Colombia). As President of this legislative body, Zaldúa became the de facto President of the United States of Colombia for 6 days, when President Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera ceded executive power to the convention, and until the said convention elected a Council of Ministers to serve collectively as the Colombian head of state. 22 December José Eusebio Otalora is President of the United States of Colombia, in his capacity as the Second Presidential Designate following the death of President Francisco Javier Zaldúa, and the non-acceptance of the office by the First Designate Rafael Núñez. 1884 1 April Ezequiel Hurtado is President of the United States of Colombia 11 August Rafael Nuñez is President of the United States of Colombia for second time 28 August ETB (company) is created, being the first telecommunications company in Colombia 1886 President Rafael Nuñez creates the Colombian Constitution of 1886, which has been one of the longest lasting constitutions in the western hemisphere, and with the Reforms of 1910, 1936, 1958, 1968, 1973 and 1986 was the constitution of Colombia until 1991. The country adopts its present name: "Republic of Colombia" 1 April on 30 March 1886, president Núñez presented his resignation to Congress due to his poor health condition caused by dysentery. José María Campo Serrano is sworn in as Acting President, becoming the first President of Colombian Republic 1887 7 January Eliseo Payán is the 2nd president of Colombia 4 June Rafael Nuñez is the 3rd President of Colombia 1888 Carlos Holguín Mallarino is the 4th President of Colombia 1889 14 October Foundation of Villa Holguin (Later Armenia, Colombia ) by Jesus Maria Ocampo 1891 5 November Colombian National Police is created 1892 7 August Miguel Antonio Caro is the 4th president of Colombia 29 September Rafael Nuñez is the 5th President of Colombia 1894 18 September Miguel Antonio Caro is the 6th president of Colombia 1896 26 May Poet José Asunción Silva commits suicide 1898 Manuel Antonio Sanclemente is the 7th president of Colombia 1899 17 October The Thousand Days War (1899–1902)(1130 days) (Spanish: Guerra de los Mil Días) 1900 26 May President Manuel Antonio Sanclemente extended the deadline for completion of the Panama Canal from 31 October 1904 to 31 October 1910.Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution (1903), p541 The executive decree was granted without consent of the Colombian Congress.Captain Miles P. Duval, Cadiz to Cathay (Stanford University Press, p171 Battle of Palonegro 19 June Date of death of Salvador Camacho, called the "founder of sociology" in Colombia. 31 July José Manuel Marroquín is president of Colombia August Naturalist Soto Grimshaw dies of cholera during an expedition to the Caribbean Region of Colombia
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17 October The Thousand Days War (1899–1902) (Spanish: Guerra de los Mil Días)
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1899 17 October The Thousand Days War (1899–1902)(1130 days) (Spanish: Guerra de los Mil Días)