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First amendment to the Constitution of 1886
Se celebra la primera reforma a la Constitución de 1886 y es elegido Carlos Eugenio Restrepo. Se adoptan varias reformas, entre ellas, centralización aguda de la administración y abolición de las provincias en los departamentos, lo que ocasionará el atraso de las regiones -
Thousand day war
The Thousand Day War was the largest civil war that struck the Republic of Colombia and Panama (which was a Department of Colombia at that time), between October 17, 1899 and November 21, 1902, thus extending through 1130 days. -
Separation from Panama
The separation of Panama from Colombia was an event that occurred on November 3, 1903, after the Thousand Day War, and which triggered the proclamation of the Republic of Panama, previously a department of the Republic of Colombia since 1821, with brief periods of secession by the Isthmus of Panama. -
Presidency of Rafael Reyes
General Rafael Reyes takes possession of the Presidency. Liberals participate in his government, while conservatives declare opposition to him. Reyes carries out important administrative reforms, closes Congress and calls a National Constituent Assembly that makes some reforms to the 1886 Constitution, especially in matters of territorial division. -
Roads in Colombia
The communication routes in Colombia did not have much importance during the XIX century; But after the War of the Thousand Days, and with the government of Rafael Reyes, the layout of highways began throughout the country and Colombia underwent a great transformation. In a short time, automobiles traveled our geography and customs changed. -
Aviation in Colombia
The Germans Werner Kaemerer, Stuart Hosie, Alberto Tietjen and the Colombians Ernesto Cortissoz (the first president of the airline), Rafael Palacio, Cristóbal Restrepo, Jacobo Correa and Arístides Noguera, founded in Barranquilla the Colombian Society of Air Transport - SCADTA, which which started aviation in Colombia. -
The massacre of the banana plantations
This was perpetrated by a regiment of the Colombian Armed Forces under the presidential mandate of Miguel Abadía Méndez and executed by order of General Cortés Vargas in the municipality of Ciénaga on December 6, 1928, who vilely murdered an undetermined number of protesters who were protesting because of the appalling working conditions at the United Fruit Company. -
Conflictos de frontera
The Colombian-Peruvian conflict originated in the activities carried out by the Arana house in the rubber zone of Colombia, which the Peruvians tried to annex in 1911, which gave rise to a first war with Peru and the loss of part of the Colombian territory. In 1932, Peru again invaded Colombia through Leticia, who unified the Colombians in returned to the Government. The 1932 war lasted three months and the lawsuit was settled by the Rio de Janeiro protocol. -
Boundary Treaty between Colombia - Venezuela
Boundary treaty between Colombia and Venezuela is signed. The presidents of Colombia, Eduardo Santos and of Venezuela, López Contreras, meet at the border bridge over the Táchira River. -
Assassination of Jorge Eliecer Gaitan
It was certain that the head of the Liberal party, Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, would be elected president of Colombia in 1949. Gaitán led the opposition to the Government of Ospina Pérez and in gigantic demonstrations he had cried out, with his vibrant oratory, against the political violence that was bleeding the country. Three shots ended his life on Carrera 7a with Calle 14, on April 9, 1948. His murder sparked a riot of great proportions. -
Arrecia la violencia politica
The national union government is dissolved. The liberal ministers leave the cabinet of Ospina Pérez and he recomposes it with all conservatives. Political violence rages across the country and thousands of liberal citizens are displaced from the countryside. The cities, mainly Bogotá, are invaded by refugees. -
The guerrillas are started by the liberals
The guerrillas are started by the liberals To defend themselves from official persecution, the Liberals organize guerrillas in the eastern plains. Most of the liberal leaders give their support to the guerrillas. Colombia sends troops to Korea and constitutes the Colombia Battalion for them. -
Appearance of the FARC and the ELN
The violence unleashed against the liberal peasants forced them to organize in guerrillas to resist. With the coup d'état of 1953 and the peacekeeping task of the Rojas Pinilla government, the liberal guerrillas laid down their arms. Ten years later, under the command of Manuel Marulanda Vélez, peasant and revolutionary guerrillas emerged in Marquetalia, which were formed under the name of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Farc. A year later the ELN was created. -
Armero Avalanche
The Armero tragedy was a natural disaster resulting from the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano on Wednesday, November 13, 1985, affecting the departments of Caldas and Tolima, Colombia. After sixty-nine years of inactivity, the eruption took nearby towns by surprise, despite the fact that the Government had received warnings from multiple volcanic agencies since the first signs of volcanic activity appeared in September 1985. -
Narcoterrorism in Colombia
By order of the head of the Medellín cartel, Pablo Escobar, the director of El Espectador, Guillermo Cano, is assassinated in Bogotá. An era of unstoppable political and social violence begins, and the war against drug trafficking is declared. -
Terrorist Wave
The drug trafficking mafia unleashes a terrorist wave. Powerful bombs explode in Bogotá and in different cities of the country. The DAS building in Bogotá is blown up by a truck loaded with more than 500 kilos. -
Avianca tragedy
A mafia bomb explodes aboard an Avianca plane leaving the Bogotá airport. More than a hundred people perish. A National Constituent Assembly is convened, by popular election. César Gaviria is elected president and takes office on August 7. Capo Pablo Escobar Gaviria is handed over to the authorities. -
New reform to the Constitution
President Alfonso López Pumarejo advanced a new reform to the Constitution, organized trade unionism in the country and enshrined the right to strike, promoted the development of the National University and for the first time Colombian women were considered citizens, but they had no right to vote.
