Regional1839 – 1842 · 3 years

War of the Supremes

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Pasto · New Granada (Colombia)

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

A nationwide civil war in New Granada (modern Colombia), 1839-1842, sparked by a religious uprising in Pasto and the ambitions of regional caudillos calling themselves jefes supremos against President Jose Ignacio de Marquez. It was one of the first major civil wars of independent Colombia.

Belligerents2

New Granada government
Regional rebel jefes supremos

Conflict graph

SUB-CONFLICTS · 9

Battle of Culebrera1840
Battle of Aratoca1841
Battle of Garcia1841
Battle of Itagui1841
Battle of La Chanca1841
Battle of Ocana, Colombia1841
Battle of Riofrio1841
Battle of Salamina1841
Battle of Tescua1841

Sources

Wikipedia: War of the Supremes
Encyclopedia.com: War of the Supremes
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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