Spanish reconquest campaigns under Pablo Morillo

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The Spanish reconquest campaigns under Pablo Morillo were a series of brutal military operations led by General Pablo Morillo in the 1810s to crush independence movements and restore Spanish royal authority in northern South America.

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instanceOf counterinsurgency operation ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
reconquest ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Expedición Pacificadora ⓘ
Pacifying Expedition ⓘ
Reconquest of New Granada and Venezuela ⓘ
authorizedBy Ferdinand VII of Spain ⓘ
characterizedBy brutal repression ⓘ
sieges and blockades of patriot strongholds ⓘ
summary executions of independence leaders ⓘ
commander Pablo Morillo, 1st Count of Cartagena ⓘ
consequence large-scale civilian suffering and displacement ⓘ
radicalization of independence movements ⓘ
weakening of patriot forces in New Granada and Venezuela ⓘ
country Spanish Empire ⓘ
endDate 1820 ⓘ
endedBy armistice and negotiations between Pablo Morillo and Simón Bolívar in 1820 ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
involved Spanish Navy units in the Caribbean ⓘ
royalist militias in northern South America ⓘ
leader Pablo Morillo ⓘ
legalBasisClaimed defense of restored absolutist monarchy in Spain ⓘ
location Caribbean coast of northern South America ⓘ
New Granada ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
militaryForceUsed Spanish expeditionary army sent from the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
notableEvent Siege of Cartagena de Indias (1815–1816) ⓘ
capture of Cartagena de Indias by royalist forces in 1815 ⓘ
mass executions in Bogotá in 1816 ⓘ
reconquest of Bogotá in 1816 ⓘ
repression of republican leaders in New Granada ⓘ
royalist campaigns in the Venezuelan Llanos ⓘ
objective crush independence movements in New Granada and Venezuela ⓘ
restore Spanish royal authority in northern South America ⓘ
opponent First Venezuelan Republic ⓘ
Republic of New Granada ⓘ
Second Venezuelan Republic ⓘ
patriot independence forces in northern South America ⓘ
partOf Spanish American wars of independence ⓘ
region northern South America ⓘ
relatedTo Battle of Boyacá ⓘ
Battle of Carabobo ⓘ
later campaigns of Simón Bolívar ⓘ
result temporary restoration of Spanish control over New Granada and Venezuela ⓘ
startDate 1815 ⓘ
theaterOfWar Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ
Viceroyalty of New Granada ⓘ

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Patria Boba period → significantEvent → Spanish reconquest campaigns under Pablo Morillo ⓘ
Foolish Fatherland → followedBy → Restoration of Spanish rule under Pablo Morillo ⓘ
linked to: Spanish reconquest campaigns under Pablo Morillo