{"slug": "bogota", "label": "Bogotá", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogot%C3%A1", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2841", "qid": "Q2841", "description": "capital city of Colombia", "entries": 23, "years": 18, "span": [1538, 2000], "span_label": ["1538 CE", "2000 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Bogotá, Colombia"], "related": [{"slug": "colombia", "label": "Colombia", "shared": 7}, {"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "venezuela", "label": "Venezuela", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "south-america", "label": "South America", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "viceroyalty-of-new-granada", "label": "Viceroyalty of New Granada", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ecuador", "label": "Ecuador", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "viceroyalty-of-peru", "label": "Viceroyalty of Peru", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "spanish-empire", "label": "Spanish Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "haiti", "label": "Haiti", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "peru", "label": "Peru", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bolivia", "label": "Bolivia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "simon-bolivar", "label": "Simón Bolívar", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1538, "year_label": "1538 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 6", "text": "August 6 – Bogotá, Colombia is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561127#July–September", "title": "1538", "revid": 1369561127, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1717, "year_label": "1717 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 27", "text": "May 27 – Spain creates the Viceroyalty of New Granada in South America from the northern section of the Viceroyalty of Peru. The viceroyalty, with a capital at Bogotá, later declares independence and splits up into what become the nations of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366802832#April–June", "title": "1717", "revid": 1366802832, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1810, "year_label": "1810 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 20", "text": "July 20 – First Republic of New Granada: Patria Boba: A junta of seven patriots, led by José Acevedo y Gómez, assemble in Bogotá in the Viceroyalty of New Granada (modern-day Colombia), to declare its independence from the Spanish Empire, the first South American nation to break away from Spain as the third oldest independent republic state after Haiti.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357106545#July–September", "title": "1810", "revid": 1357106545, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1828, "year_label": "1828 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 18", "text": "March 18 – Simón Bolívar, President of Colombia (and former President of Venezuela, Peru and Bolivia), departs from the capital at Bogotá in order to help his ally, General José Antonio Páez, suppress an uprising near the Venezuelan border, but is sidetracked by another rebellion in Cartagena.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371323922#January–March", "title": "1828", "revid": 1371323922, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1948, "year_label": "1948 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 9", "text": "April 9 – Liberal politician Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogotá (the Bogotazo) and a further 10 years of violence (La Violencia) across Colombia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371784888#April", "title": "1948", "revid": 1371784888, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1948, "year_label": "1948 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 16", "text": "November 16 – The University of the Andes (Universidad de los Andes) is founded in Bogotá, Colombia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371784888#November", "title": "1948", "revid": 1371784888, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1953, "year_label": "1953 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 1", "text": "1 January – Liberal rebel groups attack the Palanquero Air Base with the hope of taking its jet planes and bombing Bogotá to force the resignation of Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez/Laureano Gómez.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367483950#January", "title": "1953 in Colombia", "revid": 1367483950, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1954, "year_label": "1954 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 12", "text": "12 January – Vuelta a Colombia 1954:The 4th Vuelta a Colombia begins in Bogotá.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1275530309#January", "title": "1954 in Colombia", "revid": 1275530309, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1958, "year_label": "1958 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "December 16", "text": "December 16 – A fire breaks out in the Vida Department Store in Bogotá, Colombia and kills 84 persons.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371827125#December", "title": "1958", "revid": 1371827125, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1968, "year_label": "1968 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "August 11", "text": "11 August – A group of 9 priests, 3 nuns and 200 lay people identified with the Christians for Socialism current take over the Metropolitan Cathedral of Santiago as a protest against the visit of Pope Paul VI to the International Eucharistic Congress in Bogotá (Colombia), the prohibition of contraceptives and the construction of the Votive Temple of Maipú. On the altar, the group places posters of Che Guevara and Camilo Torres, while outside they display a canvas with the legend \"For a church next to the people and their struggle\"", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363859816#August", "title": "1968 in Chile", "revid": 1363859816, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1973, "year_label": "1973 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 23", "text": "July 23 – The Avianca Building in Bogotá, Colombia, suffers a serious fire, in which four people are killed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373239256#July", "title": "1973", "revid": 1373239256, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1985, "year_label": "1985 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 6", "text": "November 6 – Palace of Justice siege: Members of the 19th of April Movement (M-19) Marxist guerrilla group take over the Palace of Justice of Colombia in Bogotá and hold the Supreme Court hostage. Hours later, after a military raid, the incident leaves almost half of the 25 Supreme Court Justices dead.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369963057#November", "title": "1985", "revid": 1369963057, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1987, "year_label": "1987 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 11", "text": "11 October – Jaime Pardo Leal, 1986 presidential candidate for the Patriotic Union, is assassinated in a drive-by shooting between La Mesa and Bogotá.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1328104912#October", "title": "1987 in Colombia", "revid": 1328104912, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1988, "year_label": "1988 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September", "text": "17-18 September – The Concert of Concerts is held in the Estadio El Campín in Bogotá.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1277134562#September", "title": "1988 in Colombia", "revid": 1277134562, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1989, "year_label": "1989 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 29", "text": "May 29 – An attempted assassination of Miguel Maza Marquez, director of the Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS) in Bogotá, Colombia is committed by members of the Medellín Cartel, who kill four and injure 37.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369557705#May", "title": "1989", "revid": 1369557705, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1989, "year_label": "1989 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "May 30", "text": "30 May – A car bomb containing 220 lbs of dynamite explodes in Bogotá. It kills 5, not including the intended target Miguel Maza Márquez, and injures over 100.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1336543394#May", "title": "1989 in Colombia", "revid": 1336543394, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1989, "year_label": "1989 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 18", "text": "August 18 – Leading Colombian presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369557705#August", "title": "1989", "revid": 1369557705, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1989, "year_label": "1989 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 3", "text": "3 September – El Espectador offices in Bogotá are bombed, killing at least one person and injuring over 80.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1336543394#September", "title": "1989 in Colombia", "revid": 1336543394, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1992, "year_label": "1992 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "April 12", "text": "12 April – The 42nd Vuelta a Colombia ends in Bogotá. Fabio Parra of Seguros Amaya wins.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1328107971#April", "title": "1992 in Colombia", "revid": 1328107971, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1993, "year_label": "1993 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "April 15", "text": "15 April – A car bomb is detonated in front of Bogotá's Centro 93 shopping mall by the Medellín Cartel, killing 8 and injuring 242. The blast destroys 100 commercial properties and causes damage valued at 1.5 Billion COP.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352847589#April", "title": "1993 in Colombia", "revid": 1352847589, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1994, "year_label": "1994 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "February 13", "text": "13 February – Three homeless children, Javier Gonzalez (16), Jairo Murcia (14), “Asprilla” (12), are shot while sleeping and killed in Timiza, Bogotá. They are believed to be victims of the \"social cleansing\" carried out by armed right-wing gangs and militias.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1314616587#February", "title": "1994 in Colombia", "revid": 1314616587, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 2000, "year_label": "2000 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "June 24", "text": "24 June – Reminiscencias dance club shooting: Juan de Jesús Lozano Velásquez kills 11 people and injures seven at the Reminiscencias dance club in Bogotá after opening fire with a machine gun.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369815598#June", "title": "2000 in Colombia", "revid": 1369815598, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 2000, "year_label": "2000 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "November 1", "text": "1 November – The Museo Botero opens to the public in La Candelaria, Bogotá, available free of charge.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369815598#November", "title": "2000 in Colombia", "revid": 1369815598, "section": "Events › November"}}]}