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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Label	Occurrences
Spanish conquest of the Muisca	10
Spanish conquest of the New Kingdom of Granada	7
Spanish conquest of northern South America	3
Spanish conquest of present-day Colombia	2
Spanish colonization of Colombia	1
Spanish conquest of New Granada canonical	1
Spanish conquest of the Chocó region	1
conquest of the Muisca Confederation	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T720812 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Spanish conquest of New Granada
Context triple: [Spanish colonization of the Americas, hasPart, Spanish conquest of New Granada]

A. Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire was the 16th-century military campaign led primarily by Francisco Pizarro that overthrew the powerful Inca civilization in the Andes and brought its vast territories under Spanish colonial rule.
B. Spanish conquest of Guatemala
The Spanish conquest of Guatemala was the 16th-century campaign in which Spanish forces and their indigenous allies subjugated the Maya and other native peoples in the region that is now Guatemala, bringing it under colonial rule.
C. Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was the early 16th-century military and political campaign led by Hernán Cortés that toppled the powerful Aztec civilization and brought central Mexico under Spanish colonial rule.
D. Spanish conquest of Yucatán
The Spanish conquest of Yucatán was a protracted 16th-century campaign in which Spanish forces and their indigenous allies subdued the Maya polities of the Yucatán Peninsula, integrating the region into the Spanish colonial empire.
E. Colombian War of Independence
The Colombian War of Independence was an early 19th-century armed struggle in northern South America that led to the liberation of present-day Colombia and neighboring regions from Spanish colonial rule and the formation of Gran Colombia.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Spanish conquest of New Granada
Target entity description: 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.

A. Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire was the 16th-century military campaign led primarily by Francisco Pizarro that overthrew the powerful Inca civilization in the Andes and brought its vast territories under Spanish colonial rule.
B. Spanish conquest of Guatemala
The Spanish conquest of Guatemala was the 16th-century campaign in which Spanish forces and their indigenous allies subjugated the Maya and other native peoples in the region that is now Guatemala, bringing it under colonial rule.
C. Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was the early 16th-century military and political campaign led by Hernán Cortés that toppled the powerful Aztec civilization and brought central Mexico under Spanish colonial rule.
D. Spanish conquest of Yucatán
The Spanish conquest of Yucatán was a protracted 16th-century campaign in which Spanish forces and their indigenous allies subdued the Maya polities of the Yucatán Peninsula, integrating the region into the Spanish colonial empire.
E. Colombian War of Independence
The Colombian War of Independence was an early 19th-century armed struggle in northern South America that led to the liberation of present-day Colombia and neighboring regions from Spanish colonial rule and the formation of Gran Colombia.
F. None of above. chosen

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 Belalcázar ⓘ linked to: Sebastián de Benalcázar
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	New Granada ⓘ linked to: Viceroyalty of New Granada northern Andes ⓘ linked to: Andean region present-day Colombia ⓘ present-day Panama ⓘ present-day Venezuela ⓘ
opponent	Muisca Confederation ⓘ linked to: Muisca Panche people ⓘ Quimbaya people ⓘ linked to: Quimbaya Tairona people ⓘ linked to: Tairona culture 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	conquest of the Muisca Confederation ⓘ linked to: Spanish conquest of New Granada 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 ⓘ

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