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River Orinoco in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at River Orinoco in Venezuela. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels1 people1818–1818

Historical events in River Orinoco

1818

1818
Capture of River Orinoco
Simon Bolivar · Wars of Independence

Secures the lower Orinoco from the Spanish

1818
Mobilization
Simon Bolivar · Wars of Independence

Builds an army aided by British & Irish Napoleonic war veterans

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Venezuela and River Orinoco. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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