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Simón Bolívar is victorious over the Royalist …

Years: 1819 - 1819
August

Simón Bolívar is victorious over the Royalist Army in Colombia on August 7, 1819, in the  Battle of Boyaca, in which the guerilla leader Santander distinguishes himself.

Colombia thus acquires its definitive independence from Spanish rule.