Timeline of Ocaña, Colombia

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Ocaña, Colombia.

Prior to 20th century

 * 1570 - Ocaña is founded by the captain Francisco Fernandez de Contreras.
 * 1575 - Ocaña is given the city title.
 * 1584 - San Francisco Church built.
 * 1596 - San Agustin Temple built.
 * 1680 - Plaza del 29 de Mayo restored.
 * 1749 - Virgen de Torcoroma church built.
 * 1813 - The Campaña Admirable troops are formed by Simon Bolivar, during the independence war.
 * 1820 - The martyrs of Ocaña are written off by the royalist guerrilla Los Colorados.
 * 1826 - El dulce nombre church built.
 * 1828 - The Constituent Convention is held in the San Francisco Temple, in this convention the Gran Colombia is dissolved.
 * 1849 - Ocaña and near populations found the province of Ocaña.
 * 1851 - Columna de la libertad de los esclavos (Freedom of slaves column) erected at the center of the Plaza del 29 de Mayo.
 * 1875 - Ermitage of Nuestra Señora de las gracias de Torcoroma built.
 * 1889 - La Presentación School opens.
 * 1891 - Claridad Santa Ana Hospital inaugurated.
 * 1893 - La jabonería (soap factory) in business.
 * 1894 - Club Ocaña inaugurated.

20th century

 * 1916 - The Jose Eusebio Caro School built.
 * 1919 - First vehicle in Ocaña.
 * 1929 - A 46 km long gondola lift is built between Ocaña and Gamarra, connecting Ocaña to the Magdalena River.
 * 1932 - The Cristo Rey statue erected in the Cristo Rey mount.
 * 1934 - The jesuit community leaves the city.
 * 1937 - The San Francisco Temple is recognized as national monument.
 * 1940
 * San Antonio Nursing home inaugurated.
 * Bust of Francisco de Paula Santander erected in Plaza 29 de Mayo.
 * 1944 - Rural School of Ocaña founded.
 * 1945
 * Home School of Ocaña is founded.
 * Commerce Club of Ocaña established.
 * Morales Berti teather inaugurated.
 * 1946
 * Ocaña-Cucuta alternate road inaugurated, covering other municipalities and townships.
 * First edition of Ocaña's Carnival.
 * Club de leones established.
 * 1955 - Emiro Quintero Cañizares Hospital built.
 * 1959 - First edition of Desfile de los Genitores.
 * 1962 - Kennedy School inaugurated.
 * 1970 - Aeropuerto Aguas Claras (airport) built.
 * 1972
 * February: Urbanization in the actual neighborhood of Buenos Aires is held by Pío Quesada.
 * October: TELECOM (Colombian company of telecommunications) headquarters opens in Ocaña.
 * 1974 - Desfile de los Genitores reorganized.
 * 1975 - Headquarters of the Francisco de Paula Santander university start operating.
 * 1976 - Headquarters of the national educational institute SENA built.
 * 1977 - Public Library of Ocaña opens, in the San Francisco cloister.

21st century

 * 2009 - State airline Satena restarts air traffic in the Aeropuerto Aguas Claras with a daily flight to Cucuta, Capital of Norte de Santander.

In Spanish

 * http://academiaocana.blogspot.com.co/
 * http://viveocana.com/historia/