Event Colombian Civil War (1860-1862)

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Was a civil war in Colombia.

Chronology

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  • January 1861: In 1861, General Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera (former President of the Republic of New Granada between 1845 and 1849 and leader of the Liberals) declared the secession of the sovereign state of Cauca, the largest of the federated states.
  • July 1861: Following a successful invasion of the region of Antioquia by the rebel army, the capital Bogotá fell to them.