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| 24 Jul 1783 CE | Simon Bolivar (1783-1830) was born in Caracas, Venezuela. His parents died when he was a child and he inherited a fortune. As a young man, he traveled in Europe. | |
| 1810 CE | Simon Bolivar joined the group of patriots that seized Caracas in Vesuzuela and proclaimed independence from Spain. He went to Great Britain in search of aid, but could get only a promise of British neutrality. | |
| 1813 CE | Simon Bolivar returned to Venezuela, and took command of a patriot army, recapturing Caracas from the Spaniards. | |
| 1814 CE | Royalist forces defeated Simon Bolivar, and he went into exile in Jamaica. | |
| Dec 1815 CE | Simon Bolivar took refuge in Haiti's southern territories. He received a hero's welcome by General Marion, the military commander of the South. | |
| 1817 CE | Simon Bolivar again invaded Venezuela. He established a revolutionary government at Angostura (now Ciudad Bolivar), and he was elected president of Venezuela. | |
| 7 Aug 1819 CE | Battle of Boyaca, when Simon Bolivar defeats Spanish in New Granada (now Colombia), liberating the territory. | |
| 17 Dec 1819 CE | Simon Bolivar returned to Angostura and became the first president of the original republic of Colombia (now Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela). | |
| 24 Jun 1821 CE | Simon Bolivar crushed the Spanish army at Carabobo in Venezuela. | |
| 1821 CE | Battle of Carabobo when Simon Bolivar defeats the royalists outside of Caracas. | |
| 1821 CE | Simon Bolivar marched into Educador and added that territory to the new Colombian republic. | |
| 1824 CE | Simon Bolivar led the revolutionary forces of Peru in their fight for independence and won a victory over the Spaniards at Auacucho. | |
| 1825 CE | Upper Peru became a separate state, named Bolivia in Simon Bolivar's honor. | |
| 1825 CE | After a meeting in 1822 with another great liberator, Simon Bolivar became was elected president of Peru. | |
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