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Events relating to colombia
Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador become the Spanish viceroyalty of New Granada, with Bogota as the capital
The citizens of Bogotá declare the independence of the province of Colombia
Bolívar marches his army across the Andes, captures Bogotá and proclaims the republic of Gran Colombia
Bolívar resigns as president of Gran Colombia shortly before dying of tuberculosis
Panama becomes part of the newly independent rebublic of Colombia
The War of a Thousand Days begins in Colombia, causing eventually 100,000 deaths
The Colombian government rejects the Hay-Herrán treaty with the US on the Panama canal, thus prompting the break-away of Panama
A nine-year civil war begins in Colombia, bringing eventually some 200,000 deaths
Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez publishes a classic of magic realism, One Hundred Years of Solitude
Drugs barons in Colombia murder the Minister of Justice, Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, to protect their trade
A dormant volcano erupts in Colombia, burying some 20,000 victims under a deep layer of silt
Pablo Escobar, leader of the Medellin drugs cartel in Colombia, is cornered and shot
Marxist guerrillas in Colombia, in partnership with drug cartels, control much of the south of the country