Spanish conquest of New Granada

Conquest of New Granada
Part of Spanish colonization of the Americas
Exploration & conquest of Colombia Alonso de Ojeda (1499–1502 & 1509–10)  Francisco Pizarro (1509–10) Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1513)  Francisco Pizarro Pedro Arias Dávila (1513–1519)  Francisco Pizarro  Diego de Almagro  Sebastián de Belalcázar Francisco Pizarro (1515–1529)  Diego de Almagro  Jorge Robledo Pedro de Heredia (1532–1538) Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1536–1539) Hernán Pérez de Quesada (1539–1541) Nikolaus Federmann (1537–1539)  Georg von Speyer
Date 1499-1550 (51 years) Location Colombia Result Spanish victory Conquest of present-day Colombia by the Spanish Empire, integration into the New Kingdom of Granada and Viceroyalty of Peru
Belligerents
Spanish Empire  Crown of Castile Klein-Venedig	Muisca Confederation Calima Nariño Quimbaya San Agustín Tairona Zenú
Commanders and leaders
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada Hernán Pérez de Quesada Gonzalo Suárez Rendón Baltasar Maldonado Pedro de Heredia Nikolaus Federmann	Tisquesusa † Sagipa (POW) Quemuenchatocha (POW) Aquiminzaque  Sugamuxi (POW) Saymoso †
Casualties and losses
Unknown	5,000,000 - 8,000,000 (80% - 90%)[1][2]

The Spanish conquest of New Granada refers to the conquest by the Spanish monarchy of the Chibcha language-speaking nations of modern day Colombia and Panama, mainly the Muisca and Tairona that inhabited present-day Colombia, beginning the Spanish colonization of the Americas.^[3] It is estimated that around 5 to 8 million people died as a result of Spanish Conquest, either by disease or direct conflict, this is roughly around 80-90% of the Pre-Columbian population of Colombia.^[4][5]