Polity State of Venezuela

This article is about the specific polity State of Venezuela and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

If you are looking for the page with the statistics about this polity you can find it here: All Statistics

Was the fourth independent government of Venezuela, and the government that made Venezuela definitively independent from Spain. It lasted until 1864 when a new Constitution established the United States of Venezuela.

Establishment

  • November 1831: On November 19, 1831, the federation of Gran Colombia was dissolved in the city of Santa Marta, located in present-day Colombia. The territory that belonged to Gran Colombia was divided into three separate countries: Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Chronology

Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation

1. Events

  • January 1836: In 1835 the British government asked German explorer Robert Hermann Schomburgk to map British Guiana and mark its boundaries. Presumably the internal territory of British Guiana was controlled from this point.

Disestablishment

  • January 1865: The United States of Venezuela was the official name of Venezuela, adopted in its 1864 constitution.