History timeline
Colombia
20 periods and events, 100 BCE – 2016.
Periods and events
| When | Period or event | Kind | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 BCE – 1537 | Pre-Columbian cultures (Muisca, San Agustín)前哥伦布时期文化(穆伊斯卡、圣阿古斯丁) The Muisca Confederation and other societies of goldwork and stone sculpture. | Other | Source |
| 1499 – 1538 | Spanish conquest and Bogotá founded西班牙征服与波哥大建城 Spain conquers the highlands; Bogotá is founded in 1538. | Colonial | Source |
| 1717 – 1810 | Viceroyalty of New Granada新格拉纳达总督辖区 Spanish viceroyalty centered on Bogotá, covering much of northern South America. | Colonial | Source |
| 1781 | Revolt of the Comuneros公社起义 Popular uprising in Socorro against Bourbon taxes; a precursor of independence. | Movement | Source |
| 1810 – 1819 | Independence and Gran Colombia独立与大哥伦比亚 Bolívar's victory at Boyacá (1819) secures independence within the union of Gran Colombia. | War | Source |
| 1819 | Battle of Boyacá博亚卡战役 Bolívar's decisive victory secures New Granada's independence. | War | Source |
| 1831 | Dissolution of Gran Colombia大哥伦比亚解体 The union breaks apart; the Republic of New Granada (later Colombia) emerges. | Politics | Source |
| 1870 – 1930 | Coffee becomes the export economy咖啡成为出口经济支柱 Smallholder coffee in Antioquia and the Eje Cafetero ties Colombia to world markets. | Economy | Source |
| 1886 | Regeneration and the Constitution of 1886“再生”运动与1886年宪法 Núñez replaces the federal United States of Colombia with a centralist, Catholic Republic of Colombia. | Politics | Source |
| 1899 – 1902 | Thousand Days' War千日战争 Liberal–Conservative civil war leaves about 100,000 dead and the state exhausted. | War | Source |
| 1903 | Separation of Panama巴拿马分离 US-backed secession clears the way for the Panama Canal. | Politics | Source |
| 1927 – 2014 | Gabriel García Márquez加夫列尔·加西亚·马尔克斯 Author of One Hundred Years of Solitude; Nobel Prize 1982. | Literature | Source |
| 1928 | Banana Massacre香蕉大屠杀 Army fires on striking United Fruit workers in Ciénaga; later fictionalized by García Márquez. | Politics | Source |
| 1948 – 1958 | La Violencia暴力时期 A decade of bloody partisan conflict between Liberals and Conservatives. | War | Source |
| 1958 – 1974 | National Front全国阵线 Liberals and Conservatives alternate the presidency to end La Violencia; excludes other parties, feeding guerrilla movements. | Politics | Source |
| 1964 – 2016 | Armed conflict with FARC与哥伦比亚革命武装力量的武装冲突 Decades of guerrilla insurgency, paramilitaries and drug violence. | War | Source |
| 1976 – 1993 | Medellín Cartel and the drug war麦德林集团与毒品战争 Pablo Escobar's cartel wages terror against the state until his death in 1993. | War | Source |
| 1985 – 1985 | Palace of Justice siege司法宫围攻事件 M-19 guerrillas seize the Supreme Court; the army's assault kills about 100, including 11 justices. | War | Source |
| 1991 | Constitution of 19911991年宪法 New charter expands rights, creates the Constitutional Court and recognizes a pluri-ethnic nation. | Politics | Source |
| 2016 | Peace agreement with FARC与FARC的和平协议 The government and FARC sign a peace deal ending the hemisphere's longest insurgency. | Politics | Source |