Ruler · Age of revolutions and empire · Venezuela

Simon Bolivar

1783–1830

Venezuelan general and statesman, 1783 to 1830, called the Liberator, who freed much of South America from Spain. His campaigns liberated Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, the last named for him. He dreamed of a united Spanish America but died disillusioned, his federations broken apart.

Facts

Born: 1783, Caracas.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Simon Bolivar
Died: 1830, Santa Marta, Colombia.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Simon Bolivar
Campaigns: 1810 to 1826, from Venezuela to Peru.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Simon Bolivar
Known for: Boyaca (1819), Carabobo (1821), and the liberation of five nations.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Simon Bolivar

Images

Simon Bolivar, portrait by Jose Gil de Castro (Wikimedia Commons)

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