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Venezuelan War of Independence

1810 CE – 1823 CE · 13 years

Bolívar's campaign to liberate Venezuela was one of the bloodiest independence struggles in the Americas, with the war killing an estimated third of the country's population.

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Venezuelan War of Independence on Wikipedia.

Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Venezuelan patriots (Simón Bolívar)
  • Royalist Spain

Key moments

Defining events in the Venezuelan War of Independence.

  1. 1821 Battle of Carabobo
  2. 1819 Battle of Boyacá
  3. 1823 Naval Battle of Lake Maracaibo

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

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