The Colombian War of Independence is traditionally held as having begun on July 20, 1810 when a government junta, a political governing board mostly headed by local colonists, was created in Santa Fe
From left to right and top to bottom: Battle of Calibío, Battle of Juanambú, Battle of the Palo River, Siege of Cartagena (1815), Battle of Boyacá and Congress of Cúcuta.
Francisco Goya: The Third of May 1808
Camilo Torres
Scuffle between Jose Gonzalez Llorente and Pantaleón Santamaría during the Flower vase incident.
Viceroyalty of New Granada
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The Viceroyalty of the New Kingdom of Granada, also called Viceroyalty of New Granada or Viceroyalty of Santa Fe, was the name given on 27 May 1717 to the jurisdiction of the Spanish Empire in norther
Colombian War of Independence
…government junta, a political governing board mostly headed by local colonists, was created in Santa Fe de Bogotá, the capital of the Spanish colonial Viceroyalty of New Granada. This junta overthrew the reigning viceroy of New Granada and established an autonomous government that claimed sovereignty over all of the Viceroyalty…
Pedro Messía de la Cerda, Viceroy of New Granada