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Battle Of Cuchilla Del Tambo
The Battle of La Cuchilla del Tambo was fought during the Colombian War of Independence, fought between the Republican troops of New Granada and the expeditionary force of the Spanish crown who came to reconquer its former colony. It took place on 29 June 1816, at a place called ''La cuchilla del Tambo'' (the ridge of El Tambo), in the vicinity of the town of Popayán (in the south of the present-day Colombia). The Republican troops were completely defeated by the Royalist army. This triumph ended the First Republic of New Granada and completed the Spanish reconquest of New Granada. Background The United Provinces of New Granada had declared its independence from Spain in 1811, and by 1815 controlled large parts of present-day Colombia. But in 1815, after the defeat of Napoleon, the restored King Ferdinand VII of Spain had sent a large fleet under command of Pablo Morillo to restore order in the colonies and destroy the Republic. Pablo Morillo and his veteran troops besieg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombian War Of Independence
Colombian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Colombia * Colombians, persons from Colombia, or of Colombian descent **For more information about the Colombian people, see: *** Demographics of Colombia *** Indigenous peoples in Colombia, Native Colombians *** Colombian American ** For specific persons, see List of Colombians * Colombian Spanish, one of the languages spoken in Colombia ** See also languages of Colombia * Colombian culture * Colombian sheep, a sheep breed See also * * * Christopher Columbus (1451–1506), Italian explorer after which Colombia was named * Coffee production in Colombia * Colombia (other) * Colombiana (other) * Colombina (other) * Colombino (other) * Colombine (other) * Columbia (other) * Columbiad (other) * Columbian (other) * Columbiana (other) * Columbine (other) * Columbina (other) Columbina is a stock charac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santafé De Bogotá
Santa Fe (Spanish; 'holy faith') or Santa Fé (Portuguese; 'holy faith') may refer to: Places Argentina *Santa Fe, Argentina **Santa Fe Province Bolivia * Santa Fe de Yapacaní * Santa Fe (Oruro) Brazil * Bonito de Santa Fé *Santa Fé de Goiás *Santa Fé de Minas *Santa Fé do Araguaia * Santa Fé do Sul * Santa Fé, Paraná Chile *Santa Fe (fort), near the island of Diego Diaz Colombia * Santa Fe, Bogotá *Santa Fe de Antioquia * Santa Fe de Ralito Cuba *Santa Fe, Havana * Santa Fe, Isle of Youth Ecuador *Santa Fe Island, one of the Galápagos Islands Honduras *Santa Fe, Colón *Santa Fe, Ocotepeque Mexico *Santa Fe, Mexico City *Santa Fe de la Laguna Panama *Santa Fe, Darién *Santa Fe District *Santa Fe, Veraguas Philippines *Santa Fe, Cebu *Santa Fe, Leyte *Santa Fe, Nueva Vizcaya *Santa Fe, Romblon Spain *Santa Fe de Mondújar *Santa Fe del Penedès *Santa Fe, Granada United States *New Mexico or ''Nuevo México'', US state formerly Santa Fe de Nuevo México ** S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casanare Province
Casanare Province was one of the provinces of Gran Colombia. History It belonged to the Boyacá Department, which was created in 1824. The capital was Moreno, now called Paz de Ariporo. Watercolors painted in 1856 by Manuel María Paz provide early depictions of the Guahibo and Saliba people in Casanare Province. See also * Casanare Department * Casanare River Casanare River () is a river in Colombia. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. See also *List of rivers of Colombia Atlantic Ocean Amazon River Basin * Amazon River ** Guainía River or Negro River *** Vaupés River or Uaupés River *** ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Casanare, Province Provinces of Gran Colombia Provinces of the Republic of New Granada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Plata, Huila
La Plata is a town and municipality in the Huila Department, Colombia with a population of 57.381 inhabitants including the rural area at an altitude of 1,050 m. It is located 122 km away from Neiva, 147 km from the city of Popayán and 210 km from the town of San Agustín. The municipality is located in the southwestern part of the department of Huila, in the foothills of the Cordillera Central, is geographically situated at coordinates 2 ° 23'00" North Latitude and 75 ° 56'00" West Longitude. The municipality is bordered on the north by the Cauca Department, on the south by the municipality of La Argentina, on the east by the municipalities of Paicol and Pital and the west by the Cauca Department. History The foundation and establishment as a municipality dates from June 5, 1651 by Captain Diego de Ospina y Maldonado, at which organizes the parish of San Sebastián de La Plata. This foundation is attributed to the passage of Sebastián de Belalcáza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buga, Valle Del Cauca
Buga (), formally Guadalajara de Buga, is a city and municipality in the Valle del Cauca Department of Colombia. It is famous for its Basilica del Señor de los Milagros, which houses an image of Christ called ''el Señor de los Milagros'' ("the Lord of the Miracles"). Buga is a city with a cattle industry. It is from Cali.Sider, Don.Miracle on the Mountain." ''People''. January 8, 1996. Volume 45, No. 1. Retrieved on January 4, 2012. History Guadalajara de Buga, which is the city's formal name, is one of the oldest cities in Colombia; founded in 1555 by Giraldo Gil de Estupiñán under the order of the Spanish conquistador Sebastián de Belalcázar and known as ''Buga la Real ''("the Royal Buga" ) or'' La Ciudad Señora'' (“the Lady City”). It was the home of many wealthy families coming from Spain and settling in the New World. King Philip II of Spain gave Guadalajara de Buga its city status officially at the end of the 16th century and also granted its coat of arms fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos De Montúfar
Carlos de Montúfar y Larrea-Zurbano (Quito, November 2, 1780 - Buga, July 31, 1816) was a Creole nobleman and soldier considered one of the liberators of current Ecuador. He fought alongside Simón Bolívar and was nicknamed El Caudillo. Biography Carlos was the third son of the marriage of Creole nobles Juan Pío de Montúfar y Larrea, II Marquis of Selva Alegre, and Teresa de Larrea y Villavicencio. His father was a politician in the independence movement developed in Quito between 1809 and 1812, a forerunner to the independence of Ecuador. Military career In 1805 he moved to Spain to begin his military training at the Royal Academy of Nobles. He fought against the Napoleonic army in the Peninsular War, taking an active part as Aide-de-Camp to General Castaños in the Battle of Bailén.In 1808, considered Napoleon's first military defeat. Royal commissioner and defender of the State of Quito He was appointed in Cádiz by the Supreme Central Board as royal commissi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Colombia
The president of Colombia ( es, Presidente de Colombia), officially known as the president of the Republic of Colombia ( es, Presidente de la República de Colombia) or president of the nation ( es, Presidente de la Nacion) is the head of state and head of government of Colombia. The office of President (government title), president was established upon the ratification of the Constitution of 1819, by the Congress of Angostura, convened in December 1819, when Colombia was the ''"Gran Colombia"''. The first president, General Simón Bolívar, took office in 1819. His position, initially self-proclaimed, was subsequently ratified by Congress. The current president of the Republic of Colombia is Gustavo Petro, who took office on 7 August 2022. Functions According to the Colombian Constitution of 1991, Article 188, the president of Colombia is the head of state, head of government and Supreme Administrative Authority. The president of Colombia symbolizes the National Unity, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Hilario López
José Hilario López Valdés (18 February 1798, Popayán, Cauca – 27 November 1869, Campoalegre, Huila) was a Colombian politician and military officer. He was the President of Colombia between 1849 and 1853.Arismendi Posada, Ignacio; ''Gobernantes Colombianos''; trans. Colombian Presidents; Inter print Editors Ltd.; Italgraf; Segunda Edición; pg. 51; Bogotá, Colombia; 1983 Biographic data The son of José Casimiro López and Rafaela Valdés y Fernández, José, completed his primary education in the seminary of Popayán under the supervision of scholar, José Félix de Restrepo. At age 14, he ended his education to join the revolutionary army. Military career López joined the revolutionary army as a cadet, at the age of 14. He participated in military combat in the battle of Alto Palacé (30 December 1813), the battle of Calibío (January 1814), battle of Tacines (9 May 1814) and the battle of Pasto (10 May 1813). During the battle of La Cuchilla del Tambo, Ló ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José María Cabal
José María Cabal (Guadalajara de Buga, 27 April 1770 - Popayán, 19 August 1816) was a Republican military leader from the Colombian War of Independence. Biography He was the son of José Cayetano Cabal and María Teresa Barona. He studied in Popayán and Santafé de Bogotá. In 1794, he collaborated in the publication of the translation of the ''Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen'' by Antonio Nariño, for which he was sentenced to exile. He continued his studies of chemistry and mineralogy in Paris under the French Revolution. On his travels, he collected plants that he introduced to New Granada, dedicating himself to agricultural work and scientific studies until the Independence revolution in 1810, in which he participated as a deputy for Caloto, Cauca in the Provisional Government Board of the Confederated Cities of Valle del Cauca. In 1812, the President of the Confederation, Joaquín Caycedo, moved to Pasto, leaving Cabal as president in Popayán, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel De La Torre
Miguel de la Torre y Pando, conde de Torrepando (13 December 1786, in Bernales – 1843, in Madrid) was a Spanish General, Governor and Captain General, who served in Spain, Venezuela, Colombia and Puerto Rico during the Spanish American wars of independence and afterwards. At the age of fourteen he joined the Spanish Army as a soldier during the War of the Second Coalition and quickly distinguished himself and four years later he joined the '' Guardia de Corps''. He fought well during the Spanish War of Independence, reaching the level of colonel by 1814. The following year he was assigned to the military expedition to South America led by Pablo Morillo, and participated in the Spanish reconquest of New Granada. Promoted to brigadier after New Granada was subdued, La Torre led a royalist army into the Colombian and Venezuelan Llanos. There he unsuccessfully defended Angostura against Manuel Piar in April 1817, and led the loyalist forces down the Orinoco River as they fough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Juan De Pasto
Pasto, officially San Juan de Pasto (; "Saint John of Pasto"), is the capital of the department of Nariño, in southern Colombia. Pasto was founded in 1537 and named after indigenous people of the area. In the 2018 census, the city had approximately 480.000 inhabitants. Pasto is located in the Atriz Valley on the Andes cordillera, at the foot of the Galeras volcano. History The etymology of the word ''Pasto'' can be traced to the indigenous people who inhabited the region at the arrival of the Spanish conquerors, the Pastos. However, the Atriz Valley itself was inhabited by the Quillacingas. In the 2018 Colombian census, 163,873 people self-identified as Pasto, and in the 2010 Ecuadorian census, 1,409 people self-identified as Pasto. Pasto was founded in 1537 by the Spanish conquistador Sebastián de Belalcázar. In 1539 Lorenzo de Aldana, also a Spanish conquistador, moved the city to its current location, and established it under the name "San Juan de Pasto". A maj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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