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Simón Bolívar

Venezuelan statesman and military officer (1783–1830)

21 dated entries naming Simón Bolívar, drawn from 11 separate years between 1804 CE and 1828 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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19th century

  • 1804December 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.source
  • 1813October 14 – After a ceremony in Caracas, Venezuela, the municipality gives Simón Bolívar the title of El Libertador.source
  • 1817October 30 – The independent government of Venezuela is established by Simón Bolívar.source
  • 1819August 7 – Battle of Boyacá: Simón Bolívar is victorious over the Royalist Army in Colombia. Colombia acquires its definitive independence from Spanish rule.source
  • 1819December 17 – The Republic of Gran Colombia is formally established, with Simón Bolívar as its first president.source
  • 1821August 30 – At the Congress of Cúcuta, the Republic of Gran Colombia (a federation covering much of present-day Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador) is established, with Simón Bolívar as the founding President, and Francisco de Paula Santander as vice president.source
  • 1821June 24 – Battle of Carabobo: Simón Bolívar wins Venezuela's independence from Spain.source
  • 1822July 26 – Guayaquil Conference: José de San Martín arrives in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to meet Simón Bolívar.source
  • 1822July 27 – Guayaquil Conference: Simón Bolívar and General José de San Martín meet in Guayaquil, which Bolívar later annexes.source
  • 1822May 24 – Battle of Pichincha: Simón Bolívar secures the independence of Quito.source
  • 1823November 12 – The first Constitution of Peru is proclaimed, albeit it is almost immediately annulled by Simón Bolívar.source
  • 1823October 22 – Simón Bolívar writes to Paraguayan dictator José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia to release his friend the explorer Aimé Bonpland under threat of invasion. Rodríguez never responds to the letter.source
  • 1823September 10 – Simón Bolívar is named dictator of Peru.source
  • 1824February 10 – Simón Bolívar is proclaimed dictator of Peru.source
  • 1825August 6 – Bolivia gains its independence from Spain as a republic, at the instigation of Simón Bolívar.source
  • 1825February 10 – Simón Bolívar gives up his title of dictator of Peru and takes the alternative title of El Libertador.source
  • 1826June 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.source
  • 1828August 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.source
  • 1828December 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.source
  • 1828June 3 – Gran Colombia–Peru War: Gran Colombia's President Simón Bolívar declares war on Peru.source
  • 1828March 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.source

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