One big revolutionary responsible for the independence of Spanish America.
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinida Bolívar Palacios Ponte y Blanco, or simply Simón Bolívar, was born on July 24, 1783, in Caracas, the city that is currently the capital of Venezuela.
Bolívar's education included the teachings of Simón Rodríguez and Andrés Bello, both important Venezuelan intellectuals at the beginning of the 19th century.
Bolívar, at age 16, left for Europe, where he met and married Teresa. She died of yellow fever, and Bolívar traveled through Europe and America.
Bolívar found in Venezuela in 1807 the struggle for independence already underway. He was a revolutionary who had sworn to fight for the country's liberation.
Bolívar was influenced by Simón Rodríguez and the Enlightenment, which inspired the European and American revolutions.
Simón Bolívar was a revolutionary leader who led the struggle for independence in Colombia, Venezuela
Inspired by Enlightenment ideals and the American Revolution, Bolívar took the Monte Sacro Oath in 1805, pledging to fight for America's independence.
Bolívar led military campaigns that resulted in the independence of Colombia, Venezuela, Peru and Bolivia. He died in 1830, aged 47.
Bolívar led the independence of South America and idealized Gran Colombia, but she failed and died without seeing South America united.
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