Bolívar's campaign to liberate New Granada
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Was a military campaign led by Simon Bolívar, part of the Colombian and Venezuelan wars of independence.
Chronology
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August 1819: Simón Bolívar, a Venezuelan military and political leader, redirected his forces towards Tunja during the Venezuelan and Colombian Wars of Independence. He successfully took the city by mid-day in 1819, further advancing the revolutionaries' cause.
January 1822: Cumaná conquered by Republic of Gran Colombia.
July 1819: Vargas Swamp Battle.
August 1819: Bolívar's army entered Bogotá without any royalist resistance.
June 1821: Battle of Carabobo.
November 1823: Puerto Cabello managed to resist a siege before finally capitulating to Colombian forces. The city was the last Spanish stronghold in the region.
July 1819: The Spanish doubted Bolívar's army could make the trip through the Colombian corner of the cordillera oriental, and therefore, they were taken by surprise when Bolívar's small army emerged from the mountains on 5 July.
August 1819: Battle of Boyacá: the bulk of the royalist army surrendered to Bolívar.
