{"slug": "simon-bolivar", "label": "Simón Bolívar", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sim%C3%B3n_Bol%C3%ADvar", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8605", "qid": "Q8605", "description": "Venezuelan statesman and military officer (1783–1830)", "entries": 21, "years": 11, "span": [1804, 1828], "span_label": ["1804 CE", "1828 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 9}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 4}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "peru", "label": "Peru", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "venezuela", "label": "Venezuela", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "bolivia", "label": "Bolivia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "president-of-colombia", "label": "President of Colombia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bogota", "label": "Bogotá", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "argentina", "label": "Argentina", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "empire-of-brazil", "label": "Empire of Brazil", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "napoleon", "label": "Napoleon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "notre-dame-de-paris", "label": "Notre-Dame de Paris", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "caracas", "label": "Caracas", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "colombia", "label": "Colombia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ecuador", "label": "Ecuador", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1804, "year_label": "1804 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 2", "text": "December 2 – Coronation of Napoleon I: At the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, Napoleon crowns himself as the first Emperor of the French in a thousand years. Witnessing this, Simón Bolívar dedicates himself to liberating Venezuela from Spanish rule.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369393739#October–December", "title": "1804", "revid": 1369393739, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1813, "year_label": "1813 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 14", "text": "October 14 – After a ceremony in Caracas, Venezuela, the municipality gives Simón Bolívar the title of El Libertador.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357692833#October–December", "title": "1813", "revid": 1357692833, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1817, "year_label": "1817 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 30", "text": "October 30 – The independent government of Venezuela is established by Simón Bolívar.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360260504#October–December", "title": "1817", "revid": 1360260504, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1819, "year_label": "1819 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 7", "text": "August 7 – Battle of Boyacá: Simón Bolívar is victorious over the Royalist Army in Colombia. 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Rodríguez never responds to the letter.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361959841#October–December", "title": "1823", "revid": 1361959841, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1823, "year_label": "1823 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 10", "text": "September 10 – Simón Bolívar is named dictator of Peru.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361959841#July–September", "title": "1823", "revid": 1361959841, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1824, "year_label": "1824 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 10", "text": "February 10 – Simón Bolívar is proclaimed dictator of Peru.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359333471#January–March", "title": "1824", "revid": 1359333471, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1825, "year_label": "1825 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 6", "text": "August 6 – Bolivia gains its independence from Spain as a republic, at the instigation of Simón Bolívar.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341744335#July–September", "title": "1825", "revid": 1341744335, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1825, "year_label": "1825 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 10", "text": "February 10 – Simón Bolívar gives up his title of dictator of Peru and takes the alternative title of El Libertador.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341744335#January–March", "title": "1825", "revid": 1341744335, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1826, "year_label": "1826 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 22", "text": "June 22 – The Pan-American Congress of Panama is opened in Panama City by Simon Bolivar as an attempt to unify the republics of the Americas that have recently declared independence from Spain, or to at least make a federation to agree on a common defense policy and create a common military. The Congress lasts for 23 days without an agreement.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373386632#April–June", "title": "1826", "revid": 1373386632, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1828, "year_label": "1828 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 27", "text": "August 27 – In South America, the Empire of Brazil and United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (modern-day Argentina) recognize the independence of Uruguay, causing the end of the Cisplatine War. Simón Bolívar declares himself dictator of Gran Colombia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371323922#July–September", "title": "1828", "revid": 1371323922, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1828, "year_label": "1828 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 9", "text": "December 9 – An attempt to assassinate Gran Colombia's President Simon Bolívar fails while he is visiting Jamaica. Bolivar accepts a last-minute invitation to be elsewhere and his servant, hired by the Spanish royal government to kill Bolivar, kills Bolivar's paymaster by mistake.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371323922#October–December", "title": "1828", "revid": 1371323922, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1828, "year_label": "1828 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 3", "text": "June 3 – Gran Colombia–Peru War: Gran Colombia's President Simón Bolívar declares war on Peru.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371323922#April–June", "title": "1828", "revid": 1371323922, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1828, "year_label": "1828 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 18", "text": "March 18 – Simón Bolívar, President of Colombia (and former President of Venezuela, Peru and Bolivia), departs from the capital at Bogotá in order to help his ally, General José Antonio Páez, suppress an uprising near the Venezuelan border, but is sidetracked by another rebellion in Cartagena.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371323922#January–March", "title": "1828", "revid": 1371323922, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}