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Events on Friday 17 December 1819 1
1819Congress of Angostura founds Republic of ColombiaBolivar's union of Venezuela and New Granada is proclaimedThe Congress of Angostura, convened earlier in the year, proclaimed the union of Venezuela and New Granada as the Republic of Colombia, the forerunner of Gran Colombia. Simon Bolivar was named president of the new republic. The union later also incorporated Ecuador and Panama before splitting apart in 1830.