History Hop Tags - Salvador

1492-10-12

Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall on Caribbean island he names San Salvador (likely Watling Island, Bahamas). The explorer believes he has reached East Asia (OS 21 Oct)

1492-10-14

Columbus leaves San Salvador; arrives in Santa Maria of Concepcion (Bahamas)

1519-09-02

1st Battle of Tehuacingo, San Salvador vs Mexico

1549-03-29

The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded.

1624-05-10

Dutch admirals Jacob Willekens & Piet Heyn conquer Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)

1625-05-01

Portuguese & Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia)

1627-03-03

Piet Heyn conquerors 22 ships in Bay of Salvador Brazil

1627-06-10

Piet Heyn conquerors 38 ships at bay of Salvador

1775-01-11

Francis Salvador becomes 1st Jew elected to office in America (SC)

1811-11-05

El Salvador's 1st battle against Spain for independence

1821-09-15

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras & Nicaragua gain independence

1822-12-02

In San Salvador, a congress proposes incorporation into US

1854-04-16

San Salvador destroyed by earthquake

1895-06-20

Nicaragua, El Salvador & Honduras form a short-lived confederation

1895-06-28

El Salvador, Honduras & Nicaragua form Central American Union

1913-10-29

Floods in El Salvador kill thousands.

1921-01-19

Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras & El Salvador sign Pact of Union

1922-01-29

Union of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras & El Salvador dissolved

1929-11-20

Salvador Dali's first one-man show

1932-01-23

El Salvador army kills 4,000 protesting farmers

1953-07-07

Che Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.

1961-01-25

Military coup in El Salvador

1969-06-27

Honduras/El Salvador breaks diplomatic relations due to soccer match

1969-07-14

"Futbol War" between El Salvador & Honduras begins

1969-07-14

Soccer war - Salvador-Honduras (1000 dead)

1970-09-04

Salvador Allende wins presidential election in Chile

1970-10-24

Salvador Allende Gossens elected president of Chile

1970-11-03

Salvador Allende inaugurated as president of Chile

1973-09-11

Chile's President Salvador Allende deposed in a military coup

1976-09-21

Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He was a member of the Chilean socialist government of Salvador Allende, overthrown in 1973 by Augusto Pinochet.

1979-10-15

Military coup in El Salvador: president/general Carlos Romero flees

1980-10-30

Honduras & El Salvador settle their boundary dispute

1980-11-18

Honduras & El Salvador signs peace (after "soccer war" 1969)

1980-12-02

4 American Maryknoll nuns killed by death squads in El Salvador

1981-01-10

El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "general offensive"

1981-11-16

President Reagan decides on a covert plan to block the Cuban aid to Nicaragua and El Salvador

1981-11-20

El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "limited offensive"

1981-12-10

-13] El Salvador army kills 900

1982-03-17

4 Dutch TV crew members shot dead in El Salvador

1982-03-28

JN Duartes' Christian Democrats win elections in El Salvador

1982-04-29

Alfredo Magana elected pres of El Salvador

1982-04-30

Alvaro Magana chosen to succeed Jose N Duarte as pres of El Salvador

1982-05-16

Salvador Jorge Blanco wins presidential election in Dominican Rep

1983-01-21

President Reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for US military aid

1983-12-20

El Salvador adopts constitution

1984-05-06

Jose Napoleon Duarte wins El Salvador presidential election

1985-03-31

El Salvador's Pres Duartes' Christian-Democrats win election

1986-10-10

7.5 Earthquake strikes San Salvador, El Salvador

1988-02-16

1st documented combat action by US military advisors in El Salvador

1989-11-05

US plays El Salvador in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup

1991-11-03

22nd NYC Marathon won by Salvador Garcia of Mexico in 2:09:28

1993-11-18

27 killed at prison in Morazan, El Salvador

1994-03-20

El Salvador's 1st pres election following 12-year-old civil war

1994-04-24

Armando Calderon Sol wins El Salvador presidential election

2001-01-13

Earthquake measuring magnitude 7.6 strikes El Salvador, killing more than 840 people

2001-02-13

An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter Scale hits El Salvador, killing at least 400.

2013-12-29

The volcano, Chaparrastique,  erupts in El Salvador

2016-04-09

Panama papers: Mossack Fonseca offices in El Salvador raided

2016-11-25

Magnitude 7.0 Offshore Quake Rattles El Salvador

1831-02-17

Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer

1832-01-19

Salvador Giner y Vidal, composer

1853-12-14

Salvador Diaz Miron, Mexican poet (Los Cien Mejores Poemas)

1870-11-18

Salvador Alarma, Christophe Colomb

1872-03-24

Salvador Toscano, Memorias de un mexicano

1884-03-21

Salvador Rosich, El fusilamiento de Dorrego

1886-07-23

Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo, writer/diplomat

1886-07-23

Salvador de Madariaga, Es lebe der Tod

1892-11-02

Salvador Quiroz, Los tres huastecos

1898-09-12

Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (d. 1963)

1900-03-04

Roberto Soundy, El Salvador, trap shooter (Olympic-1968)

1901-11-04

Jaime Salvador, Raquel's Shoeshiner

1903-07-18

Salvador Elizondo, Rosenda

1904-05-11

Salvador Dali, Figueras Spain, surrealist artist (Crucifixion)

1904-07-30

Salvador Novo, Mexican writer (d. 1974)

1907-01-02

Salvador Ley, composer

1908-03-31

Eugénio Salvador, Bonança & C.a

1908-06-26

Salvador Allende, On vous parle du Chili: Ce que disait Allende

1908-07-26

Salvador Allende Gossens, Chile's last elected president (1970-73)

1912-08-13

Salvador E Luria, Italian/US biologist (Nobel prize 1969)

1912-11-10

Salvador Contreras, composer

1913-05-11

Salvador Camarata, Lejana como el viento

1913-07-04

Queta Carrasco, Salvador

1913-07-10

Salvador Espriu, Spanish poet (d. 1985)

1913-07-10

Salvador Espriu, Acte institucional de la Diada

1913-10-27

André Salvador, La famille Cucuroux

1916-03-17

Volodia Teitelboim, Salvador Allende

1917-07-18

Henri Salvador, French singer (d. 2008)

1917-07-18

Henri Salvador, Ocean's Eleven

1917-08-15

Oscar Romero, El Salvador Roman catholic priest (d. 1980)

1917-11-23

Salvador Robinson, Harum Scarum

1917-12-17

Louis Salvador Palange, composer

1919-05-04

Thomas F. Madigan, Soft Self-Portrait of Salvador Dali

1920-01-14

Salvador Flores, La isla de las mujeres

1922-01-17

Edward Korry, Salvador Allende

1923-05-21

Evelyn Ward, Save Me in San Salvador

1924-05-05

Salvador Valverde Calvo, Los bañeros más locos del mundo

1925-11-21

Sal Salvador, Superhero Movie

1925-11-25

Jose Napoleon Duarte, president El Salvador

1927-01-02

Pepín Salvador, The Holy Innocents

1927-01-20

José Balmes, Salvador Allende

1927-11-21

Montserrat Salvador, 53 días de invierno

1928-06-11

Salvador Garmendia, The Voice of the Heart

1929-12-08

Gérard de Villiers, S.A.S. à San Salvador

1930-07-23

Salvador Sammaritano, The Dark Side of the Heart

1932-12-19

Salvador Elizondo, Mexican writer

1932-12-19

Salvador Elizondo, Narda o el verano

1934-12-05

Joan Didion, US novelist/journalist (Salvador)

1935-07-17

Salvador García Bodaño, Episode dated 13 May 2009

1936-11-17

José Carlos Ruiz, Salvador

1937-05-08

Carlos Gaviria Díaz, Salvador

1938-9-12

Dom Salvador, Os Mansos

1939-02-19

César Sobrevals, Salvador

1940-08-06

Salvador Ugarte, Valentina

1941-11-17

Colby Chester, Salvador

1941-12-04

Lou Salvador Jr., Manila in the Claws of Light

1946-03-26

Jesús Salvador Treviño, Babylon 5: Thirdspace

1946-08-09

Dean Brackley, Return to El Salvador

1947-04-18

James Woods, Warwick RI, actor (Salvador, Against All Odds)

1947-11-22

Alfredo Cristiani, president of El Salvador (1989-94)

1948-05-07

Lluís Llach, Salvador (Puig Antich)

1948-06-11

Salvador Tari, Fruits of Passion

1948-08-07

Pau Riba, Salvador (Puig Antich)

1950-04-21

Salvador Sáinz, Cenizas bajo el mar

1951-08-19

Emiliano Salvador, Las manos y el ángel

1952-02-12

Salvador Pineda, Mexico City, doctor

1952-06-16

Salvador Pineda, Murder on the Border

1955-06-03

Salvador Bivachi, Episode #1.12

1957-05-23

Jorge Reynoso, Salvador

1957-10-20

Manuel Huerga, Salvador (Puig Antich)

1957-10-31

Salvador Valdés, Episode dated 28 February 2008

1958-01-26

Salvador Sánchez, Mexican boxer

1958-05-31

Josep Maria Gimeno, Salvador (Puig Antich)

1959-08-29

Salvador Aldeguer, Voces en imágenes

1960-10-06

Salvador Cardenal, Canto y Danza

1961-02-12

Salvador Mejía, El Amor No Tiene Precio

1965-01-28

Salvador Aguirre, To and Fro

1967-06-16

Salvador Carrasco, La otra conquista

1970-05-01

Salvador del Solar, Captain Pantoja and the Special Services

1970-08-12

Salvador Calvo, Hermanos

1972-03-04

Salvador Padilla, Dulces perversiones

1972-11-29

Trisha Salvador, Kada

1974-08-20

Raul Garreta, Salvador (Puig Antich)

1974-11-11

Pablo Salvador N.G., Medea's Ark

1975-04-24

Olalla Escribano, Salvador (Puig Antich)

1975-05-22

Salvador Ballesta, Spanish Footballer.

1975-08-07

Salvador Rey, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

1976-01-31

Malvino Salvador, The Sign of the City

1976-04-22

Milena Mayorga, Miss Universe-El Salvador (1996)

1977-10-12

Carmen Carrillo Vilanova, Miss El Salvador Universe (1997)

1977-11-18

Salvador Carmona, Professional Courtesy

1981-12-21

Salvador Abarca Arriaga, The Monster Within 001

1982-02-08

Salvador Vega, Big Ass Spider!

1982-02-19

Salvador Benavides, Philia

1983-04-07

Salvador Patricio,

1983-9-16

Marina San José, Salvador y Benjamín se hacen amigos

1984-9-02

Salvador Chacon, Cruzando

1987-12-26

Salvador Nery, A Rapariga da Máquina de Filmar

1988-10-05

Maja Salvador, Filipina Actress

1988-10-05

Maja Salvador, Thelma

1990-10-25

Bruno Salvador, The Milk of Human Kindness

1994-02-07

Salvador Vargas, Episode #3.87

1998-03-30

Janella Salvador, Haunted Mansion

1934-01-30

Painter Salvador Dali (30) weds Gala Dali (39) on a civil ceremony in Paris

2006-12-17

Contemporary Christian and Latin pop singer Jaci Velasquez (27) weds "Salvador" lead singer Nic Gonzalez in Austin, Texas

2007-03-07

Former vocalist of "Babado Novo" Claudia Leitte (26) weds Marcio Pedreira at Hotel Convento do Carmo in Salvador, Brazil

1776-07-01

Francis Salvador, 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War

1871-05-24

Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer, dies at 40

1911-11-03

Salvador Giner y Vidal, composer, dies at 79

1920-08-20

Salvador Rosich, El fusilamiento de Dorrego

1928-06-12

Salvador Diaz Miron, Mexicans poet, dies

1941-03-26

Salvador Alarma, Christophe Colomb

1947-04-10

Salvador Toscano, Memorias de un mexicano

1956-11-23

Salvador Quiroz, Los tres huastecos

1963-08-05

Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898)

1963-08-05

Salvador Bacarisse, Of Time and the City

1973-09-11

Salvador Allende Gossens, president Chile (1970-73), dies at 65

1974-01-13

Salvador Novo, Mexican writer and poet (b. 1904)

1974-03-02

Salvador Puig Antich, Spanish anarchist (b. 1948)

1976-10-18

Jaime Salvador, Raquel's Shoeshiner

1978-12-14

Salvador de Madariaga, Spanish diplomat, writer, historian and pacifist (b. 1886)

1978-12-14

Salvador de Madariaga, Es lebe der Tod

1979-06-08

Louis Salvador Palange, composer, dies at 61

1980-03-24

Oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, murdered during mass

1980-12-25

Oscar Romero, archbishop of El Salvador, murdered

1982-03-17

Hans ter Laag, Dutch sound technician, murdered in El Salvador

1982-03-17

Jan Kuiper, Dutch news editor (IKON), murdered in El Salvador

1982-03-17

Joop Willemsen, Dutch cameraman, murdered in El Salvador

1982-03-17

Koos Koster, Dutch newscaster (IKON), murdered in El Salvador

1982-06-10

Gala Dalí, Soft Self-Portrait of Salvador Dali

1982-08-12

Salvador Sanchez, Mexican boxer (b. 1959)

1983-04-06

Ana Maria, Salvador guerilla leader, murdered

1985-02-22

Salvador Espriu, Spanish poet (b. 1913)

1985-02-22

Salvador Espriu, Acte institucional de la Diada

1985-03-21

Salvador Ley, composer, dies at 78

1986-12-08

Salvador Pruneda, El precio de una vida

1987-08-05

Salvador Flores, La isla de las mujeres

1989-01-23

Salvador Dalí, Catalan artist (b. 1904)

1989-01-23

Salvador Dalí, Un Chien Andalou

1990-02-23

Jose Napoleon Duarte, president of Salvador (1984-89), dies at 62

1991-02-06

Salvador Luria, Italian biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1912)

1991-02-28

Guillermo Ungo, member of El Salvador junta (1979-80), dies

1992-10-22

Emiliano Salvador, Las manos y el ángel

1992-11-01

Eugénio Salvador, Bonança & C.a

1993-03-31

Jose Maria Lemus, president of El Salvador (1956-60), dies

1993-10-05

Salvador Robinson, Harum Scarum

1993-10-25

Francisco Velis, El Salvador guerilla leader (FMLN), murdered

1994-11-26

Arturo Rivera Damas, archbishop of El Salvador (1980-94), dies at 71

1995-05-19

César Sobrevals, Salvador

1996-08-08

Queta Carrasco, Salvador

1999-09-24

Sal Salvador, Superhero Movie

2001-05-13

Salvador Garmendia, The Voice of the Heart

2003-01-29

Edward Korry, Salvador Allende

2003-02-28

Fidel Sánchez Hernández, President of El Salvador (b. 1917)

2003-06-24

André Salvador, La famille Cucuroux

2004-01-27

Salvador Laurel, Vice President of the Philippines (b. 1928)

2004-07-08

Thomas F. Madigan, Soft Self-Portrait of Salvador Dali

2004-09-24

Pepín Salvador, The Holy Innocents

2005-04-13

Salvador Camarata, Lejana como el viento

2006-03-29

Salvador Elizondo, Mexican writer (b. 1932)

2006-03-30

Salvador Elizondo, Narda o el verano

2006-07-17

Salvador Ugarte, Valentina

2008-01-31

Volodia Teitelboim, Salvador Allende

2008-02-13

Henri Salvador, Ocean's Eleven

2008-04-19

Lou Salvador Jr., Manila in the Claws of Light

2008-09-11

Salvador Sammaritano, The Dark Side of the Heart

2010-03-08

Salvador Cardenal, Canto y Danza

2011-10-16

Dean Brackley, Return to El Salvador

2012-12-23

Evelyn Ward, Save Me in San Salvador

2013-10-31

Gérard de Villiers, S.A.S. à San Salvador

2015-03-31

Carlos Gaviria Díaz, Salvador

2016-01-31

Former president of El Salvador Francisco Flores dead at 56