{"slug": "viceroyalty-of-new-granada", "label": "Viceroyalty of New Granada", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viceroyalty_of_New_Granada", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8965", "qid": "Q8965", "description": "viceroyalty of the Spanish Empire in the Americas (1717-1819)", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [1717, 1819], "span_label": ["1717 CE", "1819 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Viceroyalty of Nueva Granada"], "related": [{"slug": "ecuador", "label": "Ecuador", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "colombia", "label": "Colombia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "viceroyalty-of-peru", "label": "Viceroyalty of Peru", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "south-america", "label": "South America", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "bogota", "label": "Bogotá", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "spanish-empire", "label": "Spanish Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "philip-v-of-spain", "label": "Philip V of Spain", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "venezuela", "label": "Venezuela", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "haiti", "label": "Haiti", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "simon-bolivar", "label": "Simón Bolívar", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "guayaquil", "label": "Guayaquil", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1717, "year_label": "1717 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 27", "text": "May 27 – Spain creates the Viceroyalty of New Granada in South America from the northern section of the Viceroyalty of Peru. The viceroyalty, with a capital at Bogotá, later declares independence and splits up into what become the nations of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366802832#April–June", "title": "1717", "revid": 1366802832, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1738, "year_label": "1738 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 27", "text": "June 27 – The Spanish Empire's Council of the Indies votes, 6 to 4, to re-establish the Viceroyalty of New Granada, incorporating modern-day Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Panama. King Philip V issues the order on August 20, 1738.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363165384#April–June", "title": "1738", "revid": 1363165384, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1739, "year_label": "1739 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Ecuador, part of Real Audiencia of Quito, becomes a part of New Granada, instead of Peru.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340647395#Date_unknown", "title": "1739", "revid": 1340647395, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1739, "year_label": "1739 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 20", "text": "August 20 – The Viceroyalty of New Granada, incorporating modern-day Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela is re-established by the royal cedula of King Philip V of Spain, 16 years after it had been dissolved, and adds the territory of Panama as well.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340647395#July–September", "title": "1739", "revid": 1340647395, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1766, "year_label": "1766 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 1", "text": "September 1 – The revolt in Quito (at this time part of Spain's Viceroyalty of Nueva Granada; the modern-day capital of Ecuador) is ended peacefully as royal forces enter the city under the command of Guayaquil Governor Pedro Zelaya. Rather than seeking retribution from the Quito citizens over their insurrection that has broken the monopoly over the sale of the liquor aguardiente, Zeleaya oversees a program of reconciliation.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358061260#July–September", "title": "1766", "revid": 1358061260, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1768, "year_label": "1768 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "April 4", "text": "April 4 – The Cotopaxi volcano erupts in what is now Ecuador, at the time part of the Spanish Viceroyalty of Nueva Granada, covering the towns of Hambato and Tacunga with ash, but not causing fatalities.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369390957#April–June", "title": "1768", "revid": 1369390957, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1810, "year_label": "1810 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 20", "text": "July 20 – First Republic of New Granada: Patria Boba: A junta of seven patriots, led by José Acevedo y Gómez, assemble in Bogotá in the Viceroyalty of New Granada (modern-day Colombia), to declare its independence from the Spanish Empire, the first South American nation to break away from Spain as the third oldest independent republic state after Haiti.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357106545#July–September", "title": "1810", "revid": 1357106545, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"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. Colombia acquires its definitive independence from Spanish rule.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355822452#July–September", "title": "1819", "revid": 1355822452, "section": "Events › July–September"}}]}