Simón Bolívar died on 17 December 1830 in Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino, aged 47. A Venezuelan military and political leader, Bolívar was born into a wealthy family in Caracas and, inspired by Enlightenment ideas and by his travels in Europe, became a leader of the movement for independence from Spain. Known as El Libertador, he led campaigns that freed Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, which was named after him. He dreamed of a union of Latin American states and for a time was president of Gran Colombia, but regional rivalries and political disputes broke it up. Disillusioned and ill with tuberculosis, he resigned in 1830 and died near Santa Marta, in Colombia.
Before and after
- from 25 August 1830 to 21 July 1831Belgian Revolution
- 8 September 1830Birth of Frédéric Mistral
- from 29 November 1830 to 21 October 1831November Uprising
- 10 December 1830Birth of Emily Dickinson
- 17 December 1830Death of Simón Bolívar
- 1831Publication of Brazilian National Anthem
- 1831Publication of The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- 1831Discovery of Lewis chessmen
- 1831Birth of Sitting Bull
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