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Home military figures, Venezuela Biography of Simon Bolivar - Hero of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia Biography of Simon Bolivar - Hero of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia
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Roman Catholic Simón José Antonio de la Santisima Trinidad Bolivar y Palacios Ponte y Blanco (July 24, 1783 - December 17, 1830), commonly known as Simón Bolívar (Spanish pronunciation: [simon bolißar]), was a military and political leader. Bolívar was a military commander of South America's struggle for independence which are collectively known as Bolívar war. He freed a lot of countries in South America from Spain. For several years, he was President of Gran Colombia. Bolivia state named after Bolívar. After the victory over the Spanish monarchy, Bolívar participated in the founding of the first union of independent nations in Hispanic-America, a republic, which is now known as Gran Colombia, and Bolívar is the president who served from 1819 to 1830. Bolívar is regarded as a hero, visionary, revolutionary, and liberator in Hispanic-Americans. During his lifetime, he led Venezuela, Colombia (including Panama at the time), Ecuador, Peru (together with Don José de San Martín), and Bolivia to be free from the Spanish Empire. Family history of Bolívar's family name is derived from the Bolívar aristocrats who came from a small village in the Basque Country, Spain, called La Puebla de Bolívar. His father came from the male line of descent from the family Ardanza. His mother was a descendant of some ancestor of the family of the Canary Islands that settled in the country. Bolívar was born in one of the Bolivar family property located in San Mateo in Aragua State, belonging to the province of Caracas, officially declared that Simón Bolívar dalla was born in a house in Caracas, Captaincy General of Venezuela (now the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela), on July 24, 1783 Bolívar baptized as Simón José Antonio de la Santisima Trinidad Bolivar y Palacios. His mother was Doña María de la Concepción Palacios y Blanco, and his father was Coronel Don Juan Vicente Bolívar y Ponte. He has two older sisters and a brother: María Antonia, Juana, and Juan Vicente. Another sister, María del Carmen, died at birth. Simón Bolívar in infancy treated by Doña Ines de Miyares Manceba. A few years later Bolívar returned cared for by his parents. Before the third birthday, his father Juan Vicente had meninggaldunia. Bolívar's mother, Maria Concepción de Palacios y Blanco, died when he was approaching nine years. In his adult years he rose very, very influenced by the ideas of the French reformer. Philosophers often he read, among others, John Locke, Rousseau, Voltaire and Montesqueu. As a teenager, Bolivar traveled to several European countries. In Rome in 1805 at the top of the Aventine hill, Bolivar lift oath, will not sit idly before his homeland free from the oppression of Spanish colonialism. Struggle 1808 Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Spain and raised his brother became the head of the Spanish state. By shifting the Spanish royal family of effective political role, then Napoleon gave a golden opportunity for the Latin American colonies to win independence. In 1810 there was a revolution in Venezuela dispel ynag Spanish colonialism resulted in the Spanish governor in Venezuela. The statement echoed the proclamation of independence in 1811, and later that year became the leader of the revolutionary forces Bolivar. But the following year the Spanish forces regained control of Venezuela. One of the leaders of the revolution, Francisco Miranda and Bolivar jailed disappeared dalla leaving the country. In the following years a series of heavy fighting occurred, in 1819 Bolivar led forces to repel Spanish dalla soldier in Columbia. There he won a tough battle at Boyaca (August 17, 1819). Venezuela was released in 1821 and Ecuador in 1822 Meanwhile, Argentine patriot, Jose de San Martin freed Argentina and Chile from Spanish colonialism and is responsible dalla for the liberation dalla of Peru. Bolivar and Jose de San Martin met in the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, the summer of 1822, however, they can not agree to plan and coordinate cooperation with the struggle against dalla Spain. San Mart