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| 1811 | Bolivar, Simon |  |
| 5th July Venezuela declares independence after disavowing allegiance to Ferdinand VII |
| 5th July Witnesses the declaration of the independence of Venezuela |
| 1812 | Bolivar, Simon | |
| July Puerto Cabello Bolivar is forced to surrender to the royalist Spanish General Juan Domingo Monteverde |
| 1813 | Bolivar, Simon | |
| Ocana Captures Ocana from the Spanish |
| May Lastaguanes Defeats a Spanish force |
| May Raises a volunteer army & invades Venezuela |
| 16th July Caracas Captures Caracas from the Spanish, gains the title of "el Libertador" |
| 5th Dec Araure Bolivar defeats General Juan Domingo Monteverde |
| 1814 | Bolivar, Simon | |
| Bogota Captures Bogota from the Spanish |
| Defeated & forced into exile in Jamaica |
| Defeated in Venezuela & forced into exile |
| Feb La Victoria Bolivar defeats General Jose Tomas Boves |
| Mar San Mateo Bolivar defeats a Spanish force under Jose Tomas Boves |
| May Carabobo Bolivar defeats a Spanish force under Jose Tomas Boves |
| 15th June Puerta Cabello Bolivar is defeated in battle by the Spanish |
| July Bogota Bolivar liberates Bogota |
| July La Puerta Defeated & forced to flee to New Granada |
| Aug Santa Maria Bolivar is defeated by the Spanish under Pablo Morillo & forced to flee to Jamaica |
| 1815 | Bolivar, Simon | |
| Completes the manifesto, "La Carta de Jamaica" |
| Flees to Jamaica |
| 1816 | Bolivar, Simon | |
| 16th Feb Barcelona Bolivar defeats Spanish forces under General Pablo Morillo |
| Dec Returns to Jamaica |
| 1818 | Bolivar, Simon | |
| Appointed President of the Congress of Angostura |
| River Orinoco Builds an army aided by British & Irish Napoleonic war veterans |
| Granada Liberates New Granada from Spanish rule |
| River Orinoco Secures the lower Orinoco from the Spanish |
| Angostura The Congress appoints Bolivar its President |
| Angostura The Congress of Angostura proclaims the independence of Great Colombia |
| Angostura The Congress of Angostura proclaims the independence of New Granada |
| Angostura The Congress of Angostura proclaims the independence of Quito |
| Angostura The Congress of Angostura proclaims the independence of Venezuala |
| Angostura The Congress proclaims the independence of New Granada, Quito & Venezuela |
| 15th Mar La Puerta Defeated by the Spanish at La Puerta |
| 1819 | Bolivar, Simon | |
| Appointed President of the new Republic of Colombia & given almost supreme power |
| 11th June Ciudad Bolivar Leaves his base with 2,500 men to liberate New Granada |
| 7th Aug Boyaca Enters New Granada & defeats the Spanish at Boyaca |
| 10th Aug Bogota Captures Bogota |
| 10th Aug Bogota Establishes the Republic of Gran Colombia with himself as President |
| 1820 | Bolivar, Simon | |
| 25th Nov Bolivar concludes an armistice with Pablo Morillo |
| 1821 | Bolivar, Simon | |
| 28th April Bolivar concludes an armistice with Pablo Morillo |
| June Caracas Captures Caracas afte the battle of Carabobo |
| June Quito Invades Quito Province |
| 24th June Carabobo Defeats a Royalist Army at Caraboba |
| 24th June Caraboba Defeats a Royalist Army & Venezuela becomes a province of Gran Colombia |
| 24th June Carabobo Wins independence for Venezuela which becomes a province of Gran Colombia |
| 25th June Carabobo Bolivar defeats the Spanish General Miguel de La Torre |
| 30th Aug Appointed President of Venezuela |
| 1822 | Bolivar, Simon | |
| June Bombino Bolivar's invasion of Ecuador is halted by the Spanish forces |
| 16th June Quito Joins up the the forces of Antonio de Sucre |
| 1823 | Bolivar, Simon | |
| Leads the Peruvian struggle for independence |
| Sep Lima The Nationalist forces arrive in Lima to raise a new army to invade the Peruvian Andes |
| 1824 | Bolivar, Simon | |
| Appointed President of Peru with dictatorial powers |
| 24th Aug Junin Defeats the Spanish, helps to liberate Peru from Spain |
| 1825 | Bolivar, Simon | |
| Organizes a new republic in Upper Peru which is named after him |
| 6th Aug Frames the constitution used to declare independence for Upper Peru |
| 1827 | Bolivar, Simon | |
| 26th Jan Peru secedes from Bolivar's Gran Colombia & charges Bolivar with tyranny |
| 1829 | Bolivar, Simon | |
| Venezeuela leaves the union of Gran Colombia |
