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Nariño's Southern Campaign
The Nariño Southern Campaign was a series of military actions between December 1813 and May 1814, under command of Antonio Nariño, leader of the Republican State of Cundinamarca, against Spanish forces in the south of New Granada. It had the objective of dislodging the Royalist presence in the south after the defeat of the first independence movement in the province of Quito (1812), a fact that put the New Granada provinces, that had retained their early independence, at risk. Nariño's army took the city of Popayán (December 1813) and the surroundings of Pasto (May 1814), but was decisively defeated in the Battle of Ejidos de Pasto (10 May 1814), ending the campaign in total failure. Start of the campaign After Nariño's triumph in New Granada Civil War in January 1813, hostilities were suspended between the Cundinamarca and the United Provinces of New Granada and it was agreed to confront the Royalist attacks coming from Venezuela to the north, and province of Quito to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombian War Of Independence
The Colombian War of Independence began on July 20, 1810 when the Junta (Spanish American Independence), Junta de Santa Fe was formed in Bogotá, Santa Fe de Bogota, the capital of the Spanish Empire, Spanish colonial Viceroyalty of New Granada, to govern the territory autonomously from Spain. The event inspired similar independence movements across South America, and triggered an almost decade-long rebellion culminating in the founding of the Gran Colombia, Republic of Colombia, which spanned present-day Colombia, mainland Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela, along with parts of northern Peru and northwestern Brazil. Colombia was the first Spanish colony in South America to declare independence from Spain in 1810.At the time, the state was known as Colombia; the term Gran Colombia is used Historiography, historiographically to distinguish it from the current Colombia, Republic of Colombia, which is also the official name of the former state. Although Gran Colombia would ultimately ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
