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Antonio José de Sucre

Antonio José de Sucre ( Events January 16 - French occupy Utrecht, Netherlands. January 20 - French troops enter Amsterdam and later proclaim Batavian Republic. January 23 - Dutch fleet freezes in IJsselmeer. February 7 - The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed. April 7 - France adopts the metre as the unit of length. April 8... 1795- 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). Events February 3 - The previously autonomous state of Greece gains full independence from the Ottoman Empire as the final result of the Greek War of Independence. Negotiations for the borders between the two states continue until 1832, under... 1830) was a South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. South America is situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. It became attached to North America only recently, geologically speaking, with the formation of the Isthmus of Panama... South American independence leader, and one of Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios ( July 24, 1783 – December 17, 1830) was a South American revolutionary leader. Credited with leading the fight for independence in what are now the nations of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia... Simón Bolívar's closest friends, generals and statesmen.

Antonio José de Sucre was born in Cumaná, The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish: República Bolivariana de Venezuela)1 is a country in northern South America.2 It borders the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Guyana to the east, Brazil to the south, and Colombia to the west. Off the Venezuelan coast are... Venezuela, then part of the The Kingdom of Spain or Spain ( Spanish: Reino de España or España; Catalan: Regne dEspanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma; Galician: Reino da España) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the... Spanish colony of New Granada was the name given to a group of colonial provinces in northern South America, corresponding mainly to modern Colombia. The name is still used as an alternative to Colombia by some people. In 1514, the Spanish first permanently settled in the area. With Santa Marta (1525) and Cartagena... Nueva Granada.

In 1811 he joined the battles for American independence from The Kingdom of Spain or Spain ( Spanish: Reino de España or España; Catalan: Regne dEspanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma; Galician: Reino da España) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the... Spain. He proved himself an able military leader. After defeating Spanish forces at Boyaca in 1819 he was given the rank of A Brigadier General, or one-star general, is the lowest rank of general officer in the United States and some other countries, ranking just above Colonel and just below Major General. The rank is equivalent to the US Navy rank Rear Admiral (lower half), formerly and still in many other... brigadier general. In Events February 23 - The Philadelphia College of Apothecaries founds the first pharmacy college. March 25 - Greece declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire, beginning the Greek War of Independence. July 10 - The United States takes possession of its newly-bought territory of Florida from Spain. July 28 - Peru declares independence... 1821 Bolívar put him in charge of the campaign to liberate Quito is the capital city of Ecuador. The volcano Cotopaxi looms over south Quito. Located in a valley on the western slopes of Pichincha, an active volcano in the Andes mountains, its elevation of around 2850 meters (9300 feet) above sea level makes it the second highest capital city in... Quito. He won a decisive victory at the Battle of Pichincha on May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). There are 221 days remaining. Events 1153 - Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland. 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves for Egypt. 1430 - Joan of Arc is captured at Compiègne. 1487 - Imposter Lambert Simnel... 24 May Events March 30 - Florida becomes a United States territory. May 24 - Battle of Pichincha: Simón Bolívar secures the independence of Quito. June 14 - Charles Babbage proposes a Difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled Note on the application of machinery to the computation of... 1822.

Further victories followed over the Spanish forces in The Republic of Peru (Spanish: Perú; Quechua, Aymara: Piruw) is a country in western South America, bordering with Ecuador and Colombia to the north, Brazil to the east, Bolivia to the east, south-east and south, Chile to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Peru is rich... Peru, notably on August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. Events 1806 - Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates, thus ending the Holy Roman Empire. 1825 - Bolivia gains independence from Peru. 1861 - British annexation of Lagos, Nigeria. 1862... 6 August 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). Events January 22 - Ashantis crush British forces in the Gold Coast Cimetière du Montparnasse established The Dutch sign the Masang Agreement temporarily ending hostilities in the Padri War March 17 signing of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty... 1824, then on December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 22 days remaining. Events 1793 - New York Citys first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster 1824 - Battle of Ayacucho - Peru defeats Spain 1835 - The Army of... 9 December at Ayacucho is the capital of the department of Peru. The origin of the name Ayacucho is said to come from words in Quechua that mean city of the dead. The city of Ayacucho is located in the central sierra of Peru, 2,761 metres above sea level. It is near... Ayacucho decisively capturing the bulk of the Spanish troops and command, including the A viceroy is somebody who governs a country or province as a substitute for the monarch. The term derives from the Latin prefix vice-, meaning in the place of and roi, meaning king. A vicereine is a woman in a viceregal position, or a viceroys wife. For example, the... Viceroy.

Sucre was elected President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership (from Latin prae- before + sedere to sit). Originally, the term usually referred to the presiding officer of a ceremony or meeting (i.e. chairman); but... president of the newly formed nation of The Republic of Bolivia is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil on the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina on the south, and Chile and Peru on the west. National motto: Firme y Feliz por la Unión Official languages Spanish, Quechua, Aymara... Bolivia in Events February 11 - University College London is founded, under the name University of London. April 1 - Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine. June 14-15 – The Auspicious Incident: Mahmud II, sultan of Ottoman Empire, crushes the last mutiny of janissaries in Istanbul July 26 - Last auto de fe... 1826, but dissatisfied with political conflicts resigned two years later and moved to Quito.

In Events January 8 - Hanging of body-selling murderer William Burke - his associate William Hare, who testified against him, is released January 19 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethes Faust premieres March 4 - Andrew Jackson succeeds John Quincy Adams as the President of the United States of America. March 22 - Greece receives... 1829, on the urging of Bolívar, the Congress of Map showing Gran Colombia The Republic of Gran Colombia, or Greater Colombia, was a short-lived republic in South America consisting of present-day Colombia , Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama. Its territory corresponded more or less to the jurisdiction of the Viceroyalty of New Granada. The word Colombia comes from the... Gran Colombia named him president of that nation.

Factions wished to divide Gran Colombia into separate countries. Sucre headed to Quito to try to prevent this, but en route was assassinated in the mountainous region of Berruecos, near Pasto is a city of about 450,000 people and the capital of the department of Nariño, located in southwest Colombia. The city is located in the Valle de Atriz, in the Andes cordillera, near the volcano El Galeras, at a height of about 2527 metres. Its citizens are... Pasto, in the south of For other uses see Columbia. The Republic of Colombia is a country in north-western South America. It is bound to the north and north-west by the Caribbean Sea, to the east by Venezuela and Brazil, to the south by Ecuador and Peru, and to the west by Panama... Colombia.

The city of Sucre may refer to: Sucre, constitutional capital of Bolivia. Sucre, Colombia, a department of Colombia. Sucre State, a state of Venezuela. Sucre (currency), the former currency of Ecuador. Antonio José de Sucre, South American independence leader This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that... Sucre in The Republic of Bolivia is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil on the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina on the south, and Chile and Peru on the west. National motto: Firme y Feliz por la Unión Official languages Spanish, Quechua, Aymara... Bolivia was named after him, as well as the former The sucre was the official currency of Ecuador until 2000. At that time, in response to a major financial crisis, the country switched its currency to the US dollar. The sucre was divided into 100 centavos. It was named after Antonio José de Sucre. Common denominations used throughout the 1980s... Sucre (currency) of The Republic of Ecuador is a country in northwestern South America, bounded by Colombia on the north, by Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean on the west. The country also includes the Galápagos Islands (Colón Archipelago) in the Pacific, about 965 km (about... Ecuador.

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