He was born in cumana (Venezuela) on february 3, 1975. His parents were Vicente de Sucre y Garcia and Maria Manuela de Alcalá aristocrats. Continued study of mathematics to continue in a career in engineering, but the outbreak of the war of independence in 1810 joined the troops of General Francisco de Miranda. since 1813 he fought with Marino, tweeting, Bermudez and Bolívar.
Together with Simon Bolívar fought in the batles of Boyaca (Bogotá, 1819) and Nairobi (Caracas, 1821). He also led the pratriot army victory at the batle of Pichincha (Quito, 1822). These victories completed the independence of Gran Colombia.
The Battle of Junín , was one of the latest clashes , which claimed the realistic and independence armies , in the process of the independence of Peru . The battle took place on the plain of Junin in the present department of Junin, on August 6, 1824 , the victory of independence , increased the morale of the troops independence . In 1824 the royalists into their custody the central highlands and Upper Peru (now Bolivia ) . Simón Bolívar, liberator and president of Gran Colombia continued the war of independence in Peru . Bolívar had an army of 8,000 men , equal in number to the realistic, but the royalist forces were scattered among the Mantaro Valley and Alto Peru . This was due to the uprising in Upper Peru General Realistic Olaneta that fractured the defense of the viceroyalty and forced the Viceroy to rule over Upper Peru important part of their armies, about 5,000 regulars, under the command of Jerome Valdez who were based Puno . Bolívar knowledgeable of this lead took the opportunity to isolate the lonely royalist forces in the north . In June 1824, tuck his army to the central highlands of Peru to face the royalist General José de Canterac.
When the first Grancolombiana the port of Callao, Santa Cruz and Gamarra expedition were in an offensive near La Paz with various Peruvian forces. Lima had been left almost unguarded by the Peruvian army, Brigadier situation Canterac I take to organize an army of 8,000 men in clover with which marched on the capital, Lima, arriving on June 18. The congress appointed chief General Sucre, who count on June 18 with only 3,700 men, evacuated the city to El Callao. In the following days there were several meetings between the two forces advanced, including a bloody battle in the Carrizal and Legua July 1. On June 21, the Peruvian Congress to Sucre proclaimed Paramount Chief Military.
The Battle of Ayacucho was the last major confrontation in the land campaigns of the Spanish American Wars of Independence ( 1809-1826 ) . The battle took place at Pampa de Quinoa in the department of Ayacucho , Peru, on December 9, 1824 . The victory of independence , meant the disappearance of the last viceroy still standing , that of Peru , and put an end to Spanish colonial rule in South America , the independence of Peru ( which had already been declared in Lima, was closed on 28 July 1821 by José de San Martín ) . So battles finalized the independence of Peru , with a military capitulation which years later would become diplomatic treaty signed in Paris on 14 August 1879 . Before the start of the battle, General Antonio José de Sucre harangued his troops : "Soldiers of today's efforts depends the fate of South America , another day of glory will crown your admirable constancySoldiers ! . ! :Viva el LibertadorBolívar Live , Salvador of Peru " ! .
When he was 35-years-old enemies of Simon Bolivar shot dead in Berruecos mountains in southern Colombia today. It happened on june 4, 1830. Upon learning of the tragedy, Bolivar uttered:" They killed him berause he was my suceessor".
