Bolívar's campaign in New Granada in 1819-1820 was part of Bolívar's War, struggle for Independence from Spanish Colonial rule of South America led by Simón Bolívar. 1819 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Bolívars War refers to a series of independence wars in South America from 1811 to 1825 led by the famous South American nationalist and general Simón Bolívar. ... Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios ( July 24, 1783 – December 17, 1830) was a South American revolutionary leader. ...

During the years 1815 and 1816, Spain had, during the Spanish Invasion of New Granada, reconquered most of New Granada (Colombia) from rebellious forces. Three years of indecisive defeats and victories followed. In 1817 Bolívar decided to set up headquarters in the Orinoco region, which had not been devastated by war and from which the Spaniards could not easily oust him. He engaged the services of several thousand foreign soldiers and officers, mostly British and Irish, established his capital at Angostura (now Ciudad Bolívar), began to publish a newspaper, and established liaison with the revolutionary forces of the plains, including one group led by José Antonio Páez and another group led by Francisco de Paula Santander. In the spring of 1819 he conceived his master plan of attacking the Spanish Viceroyalty of New Granada. 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Events March 25 - Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck dies and is succeeded by the later Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, his son and founder of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. ... 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. ... Spanish Invasion of New Granada in 1815-1816 was part of Bolívars War in South America. ... New Granada was the name given to a group of colonial provinces in northern South America, corresponding mainly to modern Colombia. ... The Republic of Colombia is a country in north-western South America. ... Events March 4 - James Monroe succeeds James Madison as the President of the United States of America April – Earthquake in Palermo, Italy April 3 – Princess Caraboo appears in Almondsbury in Gloucestershire, England May - The General Convention of the Episcopal Church founded General Theological Seminary while meeting in New York City. ... This page is about the Orinoco River, for the Aphra Behn novel see Oroonoko With a length of 2140 km, the Orinoco is one of the largest rivers of South America. ... Angostura was the name of the town in Eastern Venezuela that was renamed Ciudad Bolívar in 1846. ... Sketch of Ciudad Bolívar, 1867 Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela (2004) Ciudad Bolívar is the capital of the Venezuelan state of Bolívar. ... Francisco de Paula Santander (1792-1840), was a Colombian Revolutionist. ... 1819 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... New Granada was the name given to a group of colonial provinces in northern South America, corresponding mainly to modern Colombia. ...

Bolívar's attack on New Granada will always be considered one of the most daring in military history. The route of the small army, about 2,500 men, including the British legion, led through flood-swept plains and icy mountains, over routes that the Spanish considered impassable. The Spaniards were taken by surprise, and in the crucial Battle of Boyacá on August 7, 1819, the bulk of the royalist army surrendered to Bolívar. Three days later he entered Bogotá. Bolívar urged the legislators to proclaim the creation of a new state: the republic of Gran Colombia, and three days later Republic of Colombia was established. It was a federation, but since two of its three departments, Venezuela and Quito (Ecuador), were still under royalist control, it was only a paper achievement. Bolívar continued his struggle for independent South America in Venezuela 1821 Colombia, then known as New Granada, acquired its definitive independence from Spain at the Battle of Boyacá. A combined republican army of Colombians and Venezuelans was led during the campaign by the strategy of General Simón Bolívar. ... August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... Bogota is also a city in New Jersey, see Bogota, New Jersey. ... 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. ... The Republic of Colombia is a country in north-western South America. ... The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish: República Bolivariana de Venezuela)1 is a country in northern South America. ... Quito is the capital city of Ecuador. ... 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. ...

Bolívar's victory in New Granada was the major turning point in the history of northern South America. South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...

See also

• History of Colombia