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Historical Timeline for Colombia - A chronology of key events
- Before the Spanish conquest โก Colombian territory was populated by indigenous Chibchas and the Caribbean.
- 1499-1500 โก Discovery of Colombia by Alonso de Ojeda.
- 1525 โก Foundation of Santa Marta, by Rodrigo de Bastidas.
- 1538 โก Foundation of Santa Fรฉ de Bogotรก by Gonzalo Jimรฉnez de Quesada.
- 1580-1820 โก Period of the Colony.
- 1783 โก Establishment of the Expรฉdiciรณn Botรกnica, led by the Spanish naturalist and priest Josรฉ Celestino Mutis.
- 1794 โก Impression of Human Rights by Antonio Nariรฑo, precursor of independence.
- 1818 โก Proclamation of the new Kingdom of Granada.
- December 17, 1819 โก Bolรญvar proclaims Greater Colombia (grouping together Ecuador, Venezuela and New Granada).
- 1830 โก Proclamation of the Republic of New Granada. Death of Simรณn Bolรญvar in Santa Marta.
- 1863 โก Establishment of a federal system. Independence of the nine states forming Colombia. Beginning of civil wars.
- 1886 โก New constitution, under the presidency of Rafael Nรบรฑez.
- 1899-1902 โก War of the Thousand Days between liberals and conservatives. Over 100,000 dead.
- 1903 โก Independence of Panama from Colombia.
- 1934-1938 โก Liberal President Alfonso Lรณpez Pumarejo grants a series of social rights.
- 1948 โก Assassination of liberal leader Jorge Eliรฉcer Gaitรกn and start of the period of Violencia.
- 1948-1957 โก New civil war between liberals and conservatives.
- 1953-1957 โก Dictatorship of General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla.
- 1960 โก Appearance of the first guerrillas.
- 1991 โก New constitution.
- 1993 โก Death of Pablo Escobar, marking the end of the big drug cartels.
- 1994 โก Ernesto Samper Pizano is the new head of state.
- 1998 โก Election of Andrรฉs Pastrana Arango.
- 2002 โก Presidency of Alvaro Uribe, reelected in 2006.
- 2008 โก Death of the historic leader of the FARC, Manuel Marulanda Vรฉlez.
- July 2, 2008 โก Ingrid Betancourt, hostage of the FARC, is freed by the Colombian army.
- May 2010 โก Election to the presidency of Juan Manuel Santos.
- June 2011 โก Adoption of the law on victims of the Colombian conflict.
- October 2012 โก Beginning of peace negotiations in Oslo between Santos and the FARC.
- June 2014 โก Juan Manuel Santos is reelected.
- September 2016 โก Historic peace agreement signed with the FARC.
- October 2016 โก Rejection of the agreement during the referendum; Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Santos.
- December 2016 โก The new peace agreement is ratified by Congress.
- March 31, 2017 โก Mudslides cause the death of 323 people in Mocoa.
- June 2017 โก Total disarmament of the FARC.
- September 2017 โก The FARC transform into a political party. Visit of Pope Francis.