19th Century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1803 | San Andres y Providencia islands are annexed to the Viceroyalty of New Granada | |
| 1810 | 20 July | Cry of Independence, also known as the Florero de Llorente (Llorente Flower Vase) incident (Colombian Independence Day) |
| 25 July | José Miguel Pey de Andrade is President of the Supreme Governing Junta | |
| 17 September | The president of the Supreme Board of Cartagena, José María García Toledo, created the Colombian Navy | |
| 1811 | Antonio Nariño publishes the first Newspaper in Colombia, "La Bagatela" | |
| 1 April | Jorge Tadeo Lozano is declared President of Cundinamarca and Vicegerent of the King's Person | |
| Antonio Nariño is declared President of Cundinamarca and Vicegerent of the King's Person | ||
| 11 November | Cartagena de Indias declared its complete independence from Spain | |
| 1812 | 1 April | Manuel Rodríguez Torices is President of the State of Cartagena de Indias |
| 19 August | Manuel Benito de Castro is declared President of Cundinamarca and Vicegerent of the King's Person | |
| 1814 | 14 May | Manuel de Bernardo Álvarez del Casal is declared President of Cundinamarca and Vicegerent of the King's Person |
| 5 October | José Luis Álvaro Alvino Fernández Madrid, is president of the United Provinces of the New Granada. | |
| 1815 | 21 January | Custodio García Rovira is president of the United Provinces of the New Granada. he was executed 1 month later by Pablo Morillo. |
| 28 March | José Miguel Pey de Andrade is President of the United Provinces of the New Granada | |
| 17 August | Antonio Villavicencio is President of the United Provinces of the New Granada | |
| 15 November | Camilo Torres Tenorio is President of the United Provinces of the New Granada | |
| 1816 | 22 June | Liborio Mejía is president of the United Provinces of the New Granada making him the youngest person to ever hold the presidency of Colombia at the age of 24. He was executed three months later during the Reconquest led by the Spaniard Pablo Morillo. |
| 16 July | Manuel Fernando Serrano Uribe is the last president of the United Provinces of the New Granada before its dissolution and complete Reconquest. | |
| 28 October | Execution of Francisco José de Caldas | |
| 1817 | 14 November | Execution of Policarpa Salavarrieta |
| 1818 | 25 September | Doña Manuela Sáenz de Thorne saves Simón Bolívar from an attempted assassination |
| 1819 | 5 February | The Congress of Angostura |
| 25 July | Vargas Swamp Battle | |
| 7 August | Battle of Boyacá. | |
| 11 October | For order of Francisco de Paula Santander, Spanish colonel Jose Maria Barreiro and 38 Spanish officers were executed in Bogotá. | |
| 1821 | 30 August | Congress of Cúcuta and Constitution of Cúcuta |
| 1828 | 27 August | After the failure of the constitutional convention of Ocaña Simón Bolívar proclaimed himself dictator, through the "Organic Decree of Dictatorship". |
| 1830 | The Federation of Gran Colombia is dissolved | |
| 15 September | Rafael José de Urdaneta y Faría is Provisional Chief of the Government of the Republic of Gran Colombia | |
| 17 December | Simon Bolívar dies in Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino near Santa Marta | |
| 1831 | 2 May | Joaquín Mariano Mosquera y Arboleda is President of the Republic of New Granada |
| 1832 | 10 March | José Ignacio de Márquez is President of the Republic of New Granada |
| 7 October | Francisco de Paula Santander is President of the Republic of New Granada | |
| Coat of Arms of Colombia is officially adopted | ||
| 1835 | Start the Colombian coffee industry with the first commercial crops in Norte de Santander | |
| 1837 | Colombian peso replaces Colombian real as official currency | |
| 1839 | The War of the Supremes (Spanish: Guerra de los Supremos, also called the Guerra de los Conventos) extended from 1839 to 1841, caused by the ambitions of various regional leaders (gamonales) to seize power and depose President José Ignacio de Márquez | |
| 1840 | Foundation of Villavicencio by Esteban Aguirre | |
| 1841 | 1 April | Pedro Alcántara Herrán is President of the Republic of New Granada |
| 1845 | 1 April | Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera is President of the Republic of New Granada |
| 1849 | Foundation of Manizales by Antioquian colonists | |
| 1 April | José Hilario López is President of the Republic of New Granada | |
| 1851 | 14 October | José de Obaldía is President of the Republic of New Granada |
| 1853 | 1 April | José María Obando is President of the Republic of New Granada |
| Manuel María Mallarino is President of the Republic of New Granada | ||
| 1854 | 17 April | José María Melo is President of the Republic of New Granada |
| 1856 | 11 June | Creation of the Sovereign State of Antioquía |
| 1857 | 15 June | The Law of 15 June 1857, created the other states that would go on to form the Granadine Confederation: The Sovereign State of Bolívar, The Sovereign State of Santander, The Sovereign State of Cauca, and The Sovereign State of Magdalena |
| 1858 | The Granadine Confederation is created. | |
| 22 May | Mariano Ospina Rodríguez is president of the Granadine Confederation | |
| 1860 | 8 May | Newly appointed Supreme Director of War Tomas Cipriano de Mosquera declared the Sovereign State of Cauca a separate nation from the Granadine Confederation and Colombian Civil War (1860–1862) broke out |
| 1861 | 1 April | Bartolomé Calvo is President of the Granadine Confederation |
| 18 July | Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera is President of the Granadine Confederation | |
| 1863 | Foundation of Pereira, Colombia by Remigio Antonio Cañarte | |
| The name of the Republic is changed officially to "United States of Colombia" through the Rionegro Constitution | ||
| 14 May | Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera is the first President of the United States of Colombia | |
| 26 November | The Flag of Colombia is officially adopted | |
| 1864 | 8 April | Manuel Murillo Toro is President of the United States of Colombia |
| 1865 | Kola Román, a popular Colombian soft drink is introduced by Carlos Roman | |
| 1866 | 1 April | José María Rojas Garrido is President of the United States of Colombia |
| 22 May | Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera is President of the United States of Colombia for second time | |
| 1867 | Foundation of Leticia, Colombia by Benigno Bustamante | |
| 12 May | Joaquín Riascos is President of the United States of Colombia | |
| 23 May | Manuel María de los Santos Acosta is President of the United States of Colombia | |
| 1868 | 1 April | Santos Gutiérrez is President of the United States of Colombia |
| 1870 | 1 April | Eustorgio Salgar is President of the United States of Colombia |
| 1872 | 1 April | Manuel Murillo Toro is President of the United States of Colombia for second time |
| 1874 | Santiago Pérez de Manosalbas is President of the United States of Colombia | |
| 1876 | 1 April | Aquileo Parra is President of the United States of Colombia |
| 1878 | 1 April | Julián Trujillo Largacha is President of the United States of Colombia |
| 1880 | 8 April | Rafael Nuñez is President of the United States of Colombia |
| 1882 | 1 April | Francisco Javier Zaldúa served as President of the Rionegro Convention, a constituent assembly that created the United States of Colombia (now present day Colombia). As President of this legislative body, Zaldúa became the de facto President of the United States of Colombia for 6 days, when President Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera ceded executive power to the Convention, and until the said convention elected a Council of Ministers to serve collectively as the Colombian head of state. |
| 22 December | José Eusebio Otalora is President of the United States of Colombia, in his capacity as the Second Presidential Designate following the death of President Francisco Javier Zaldúa, and the non acceptance of the office by the First Designate Rafael Núñez. | |
| 1884 | 1 April | Ezequiel Hurtado is President of the United States of Colombia |
| 11 August | Rafael Nuñez is President of the United States of Colombia for second time | |
| 28 August | ETB (company) is created, being the first telecommunications company in Colombia | |
| 1886 | President Rafael Nuñez creates the Colombian Constitution of 1886, which has been one of the longest lasting constitutions in the western hemisphere, and with the Reforms of 1910, 1936, 1958, 1968, 1973 and 1986 was the constitution of Colombia until 1991. The country adopts its present name: "Republic of Colombia" | |
| 1 April | on 30 March 1886, president Núñez presented his resignation to Congress due to his poor health condition caused by dysentery. José María Campo Serrano is sworn in as Acting President, becoming the first President of Colombian Republic | |
| 1887 | 7 January | Eliseo Payán is the 2nd president of Colombia |
| 4 June | Rafael Nuñez is the 3rd President of Colombia | |
| 1888 | Carlos Holguín Mallarino is the 4th President of Colombia | |
| 1889 | 14 October | Foundation of Villa Holguin (Later Armenia, Colombia ) by Jesus Maria Ocampo |
| 17 October | The Thousand Days War (1899–1902) (Spanish: Guerra de los Mil Días) | |
| 1891 | 5 November | Colombian National Police is created |
| 1892 | 7 August | Miguel Antonio Caro is the 4th president of Colombia |
| 29 September | Rafael Nuñez is the 5th President of Colombia | |
| 1894 | 18 September | Miguel Antonio Caro is the 6th president of Colombia |
| 1896 | 26 May | Poet José Asunción Silva commits suicide |
| 1898 | Manuel Antonio Sanclemente is the 7th president of Colombia | |
| 1900 | 26 May | President Manuel Antonio Sanclemente extended the deadline for completion of the Panama Canal from 31 October 1904 to 31 October 1910. The executive decree was granted without consent of the Colombian Congress. |
| Battle of Palonegro | ||
| 19 June | Date of death of Salvador Camacho, called the "founder of sociology" in Colombia. | |
| 31 July | José Manuel Marroquín is president of Colombia | |
| August | Naturalist Soto Grimshaw dies of cholera during an expedition to the Caribbean Region of Colombia |
Read more about this topic: Timeline Of Colombian History