country, 44 engagements

Battles in Colombia

44 engagements in the atlas lie within present-day Colombia: 32 battles, 7 sieges and 5 naval actions between 1470 and 1980. The wars with most engagements here: Colombian War of Independence (16), Campaigns of the South (5), War of the Spanish Succession (3), Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire (1).

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44 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by decade

38 dated engagements, one bar per decade, coloured by era.

Wars fought here 9 with pages

Contested ground 1

Cartagena 7 engagements

Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	War
1470	Battle of Pasca	Pasca	Muisca Confederations
1490	Battle of Chocontá	Chocontá	Muisca Confederations
1525	Battle of Punta Quemada	Cauca Department	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
20 August 1538	Battle of Tocarema	Cachipay, Cundinamarca	Spanish conquest of the Muisca
9 February 1586	Battle of Cartagena de Indias	Cartagena	Anglo-Spanish War
4 September 1702	Action of August 1702	Santa Marta	War of the Spanish Succession
8 June 1708	Wager's Action	Cartagena	War of the Spanish Succession
11 August 1711	Capture of the San Joaquin		War of the Spanish Succession
13 March 1741	Battle of Cartagena de Indias	Cartagena	War of Jenkins' Ear
1741	Battle of San Luis de Bocachica	Castle of San Luis de Bocachica
1776	Battle of Apiesi	Serranía de Macuira	1769 Wayuu uprising
1812	Battle of La Ladera (1812)	Popayán	Colombian War of Independence
1813	Battle of Cúcuta	Cúcuta	Venezuelan War of Independence
1814	Battle of Juanambú	Juanambú River	Colombian War of Independence
1814	Battle of Cebollas	Buesaco	Colombian War of Independence
1814	Battle of Tacines	Pasto	Colombian War of Independence
10 December 1814	Siege of Bogotá	Bogotá
28 March 1815	New Granadan Siege of Cartagena de Indias	Cartagena	Civil War between Centralists and Federalists
1815	Battle of the Palo River	Caloto	Colombian War of Independence
26 August 1815	Spanish Siege of Cartagena de Indias	Cartagena	Colombian War of Independence
22 February 1816	Battle of Cachirí		Colombian War of Independence
1816	Battle of Ceja Alta del Cancán	Antioquia	Colombian War of Independence
29 June 1816	Battle of Cuchilla del Tambo		Colombian War of Independence
25 July 1819	Battle of Vargas Swamp	Colombia	Colombian War of Independence
7 August 1819	Battle of Boyacá	Boyacá Department	Colombian War of Independence
1819	Battle of San Juanito	Buga	Colombian War of Independence
1820	Los Andes vs Prueba	Cabo Manglares	Spanish American wars of independence
14 July 1820	Siege of Cartagena	Cartagena	Colombian War of Independence
7 April 1822	Battle of Bomboná		Colombian War of Independence
1822	Second Battle of Cuchilla de Taindalá	Guáitara River	Campaigns of the South
1823	Siege of Pasto	Pasto
1823	Battle of Cebollas	Buesaco	Campaigns of the South
1823	Battle of Juanambú	Juanambú River	Campaigns of the South
1823	Battle of Tacines	Pasto	Campaigns of the South
1824	Battle of Barbacoas	Barbacoas Municipality	Campaigns of the South
11 June 1900	Siege of Cúcuta	Cúcuta
1965	Capture of Inzá	Inza
27 February 1980	1980 Dominican Embassy Siege in Bogotá	Bogotá	Colombian conflict
date unknown	Battle of La Plata	La Plata	Colombian War of Independence
date unknown	Battle of Open Bay	Open Bay	Pacific War
date unknown	Battle of Ciénaga	Ciénaga	Colombian War of Independence
date unknown	Battle of Ventaquemada	Ventaquemada	Civil War between Centralists and Federalists
date unknown	Battle of Buesaco	Buesaco	War of the Supremes
date unknown	Battle of Itagüí	Itagüí	War of the Supremes

Borders are those of today; the states that fought are named on each page.