Spanish conquest of New Granada

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conquest historical event military campaign

The Spanish conquest of New Granada was the 16th-century military and colonial campaign through which Spanish forces subdued indigenous polities in the region of present-day Colombia and surrounding areas, establishing Spanish rule there.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Spanish conquest of the Muisca	4
Spanish conquest of northern South America	2
Spanish conquest of present-day Colombia	2
Spanish conquest of New Granada canonical	1
Spanish conquest of the New Kingdom of Granada	1
conquest of the Muisca Confederation	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	conquest ⓘ historical event ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
belligerent	Crown of Castile ⓘ
cause	expansion of Spanish imperial power ⓘ search for gold and other resources ⓘ
chronology	consolidation of Spanish rule in highlands and coasts ⓘ early Caribbean coastal expeditions ⓘ interior Andean campaigns ⓘ
commander	Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ⓘ Nikolaus Federmann ⓘ Pedro de Heredia ⓘ Rodrigo de Bastidas ⓘ Sebastián de Benalcázar ⓘ surface form: Sebastián de Belalcázar
conflictType	colonial war ⓘ
country	Spanish Empire ⓘ
endTime	circa 1572 ⓘ
followedBy	creation of the New Kingdom of Granada ⓘ later establishment of the Viceroyalty of New Granada ⓘ
hasEffect	collapse of indigenous polities in New Granada ⓘ demographic decline of indigenous populations ⓘ introduction of encomienda system ⓘ spread of Christianity in New Granada ⓘ
languageOfRecord	Spanish ⓘ
location	Viceroyalty of New Granada ⓘ surface form: New Granada Andean region ⓘ surface form: northern Andes present-day Colombia ⓘ present-day Panama ⓘ present-day Venezuela ⓘ
opponent	Muisca ⓘ surface form: Muisca Confederation Panche people ⓘ Quimbaya ⓘ surface form: Quimbaya people Tairona culture ⓘ surface form: Tairona people various Chibcha-speaking peoples ⓘ
partOf	Spanish Empire expansion ⓘ Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
religionInvolved	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
result	Spanish victory ⓘ establishment of Spanish colonial rule in New Granada ⓘ incorporation of New Granada into the Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ
significantEvent	Spanish conquest of New Granada self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: conquest of the Muisca Confederation conquest of the Quimbaya ⓘ conquest of the Tairona ⓘ founding of Bogotá ⓘ founding of Cartagena de Indias ⓘ founding of Santa Marta ⓘ
startTime	1525 ⓘ
timePeriod	16th century ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spanish colonization of the Americas → hasPart → Spanish conquest of New Granada ⓘ

Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada → participantIn → Spanish conquest of New Granada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish conquest of the Muisca

Sebastián de Benalcázar → notableFor → Spanish conquest of New Granada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish conquest of northern South America

Spanish conquest of New Granada → significantEvent → Spanish conquest of New Granada self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: conquest of the Muisca Confederation

Epítome de la conquista del Nuevo Reino de Granada → describesEvent → Spanish conquest of New Granada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish conquest of the New Kingdom of Granada

Philipp von Hutten → participantIn → Spanish conquest of New Granada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish conquest of northern South America

de Benalcázar → notableFor → Spanish conquest of New Granada ⓘ

subject surface form: Sebastián de Benalcázar

this entity surface form: Spanish conquest of present-day Colombia

Sebastián Moyano y Cabrera → participatedIn → Spanish conquest of New Granada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish conquest of present-day Colombia

zaque → abolishedBy → Spanish conquest of New Granada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish conquest of the Muisca

tundama → timePeriod → Spanish conquest of New Granada ⓘ

subject surface form: Tundama

this entity surface form: Spanish conquest of the Muisca

Hunza → timePeriodEnd → Spanish conquest of New Granada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish conquest of the Muisca