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By the time Simón Bolívar was born, the Bolívar family was one of the wealthiest and most prestigious criollo (creole) families in the Spanish Americas. [9] Simón Bolívar's childhood was described by British historian John Lynch as "at once privileged and deprived."
Oct 24, 2024 · Simon Bolivar, Venezuelan soldier and statesman who led revolutions against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of New Granada (modern Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, and Venezuela). He was president of Gran Colombia (1819–30) and dictator of Peru (1823–26).
Simón Bolívar, known as The Liberator , (born July 24, 1783, Caracas, New Granada—died Dec. 17, 1830, near Santa Maria, Colombia), South American soldier and statesman who led the revolutions against Spanish rule in New Granada (now Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador), Peru, and Upper Peru (now Bolivia).
Simón Bolívar (July 24, 1783 – December 17, 1830) was a Venezuelan military and political leader who played a key role in the establishment of Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama as sovereign states independent of Spanish rule. Bolívar was born into a wealthy, aristocratic Creole family and like others of his day was educated abroad at a young age, arriving in Spain when he was 16 and later moving to France. While in Europe, he was introduced to the ideas of ...
Jul 20, 2019 · Simón Bolívar, although a great advocate for Independence from the King of Spain, had a dictatorial streak in him. He believed in democracy, but he felt that the newly-liberated nations of Latin America weren’t quite ready for it.
For example, the Cathedral of Caracas, founded in 1575, has a side chapel dedicated to Simón Bolívar's family. Simón Bolívar was born in Caracas, in modern-day Venezuela, into an aristocratic family, and educated by different tutors following the death of his parents. Among his tutors was Simón Rodríguez, whose ideas and educational style ...
May 24, 2019 · Venezuelan Simon Bolivar was the most important leader of South America's Independence movement. Learn about the life and times of the Liberator. Skip to content
Simon Bolivar, Venezuelan soldier and statesman who led revolutions against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of New Granada (modern Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, and Venezuela). He was president of Gran Colombia (1819–30) and dictator of Peru (1823–26).
May 6, 2022 · Simon Bolivar (1783 – 1830) was a Venezuelan independence activist and one of South America’s greatest generals and political activists. Image: Simon Bolivar – El Libertador (Bolívar diplomático), 1860
May 23, 2018 · Simón Bolívar. Simón Bolívar (1783-1830) was a South American general and statesman who brought political independence to six present-day nations. Called the Liberator, he was the greatest military figure of South America. Simón Bolívar was born on July 24, 1783, in Caracas, Venezuela, then part of the Hispanic colonial empire.
