Ecuador - Notable Historical Events
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Ecuador - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1534-12-06 |
Quito, Ecuador, founded by Spanish |
1557-04-12 |
Cuenca is founded in Ecuador. |
1797-02-04 |
Earthquake in Quito, Ecuador kills 41,000 |
1802-01-06 |
Naturalists Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland reach Quito, Ecuador |
1809-08-10 |
Ecuador declares independence from Spain (National Day) |
1820-10-09 |
Guayaquil, Ecuador declares its freedom from Ecuador |
1820-11-03 |
Cuenca Ecuador declares independence |
1830-05-13 |
Republic of Ecuador is founded, with Juan Jose Flores as president |
1831-11-17 |
Ecuador and Venezuela were separated from Greater Colombia. |
1832-02-12 |
Ecuador annexes Galapagos Islands |
1868-08-13 |
Earthquakes kill 25,000 & causes $300 million damages (Peru & Ecuador) |
1906-12-28 |
Ecuador adopts its constitution |
1914-08-31 |
Ecuador becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. |
1922-05-29 |
Ecuador becomes independent |
1929-03-28 |
Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador |
1935-08-20 |
Miltary coup by General Pons & president Ibarra in Ecuador |
1942-01-29 |
Peru & Ecuador sign Protocol of Rio (boundary determiniation) |
1945-02-14 |
Peru, Paraguay, Chile & Ecuador joins UN |
1949-02-12 |
Panic in Quito Ecuador, after "War of the World" played on radio |
1953-07-07 |
Che Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador. |
1956-01-08 |
Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them. |
1970-09-01 |
Jose Velasco Ibarra re-elected president of Ecuador |
1972-02-15 |
Pres Velasco Ibarra of Ecuador deposed for 4th time |
1976-01-11 |
Military coup in Ecuador, Pres Guillermo Lara leaves |
1979-08-10 |
Ecuador adopts its constitution |
1987-03-06 |
6.8 earthquake hits Ecuador, kills 100 |
1988-08-10 |
Rodrigo Borja installed as president of Ecuador |
1991-01-26 |
Alfaro Vive guerrilla group of Ecuador gives arms to Catholic church |
1991-10-09 |
Ecuador becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. |
1992-07-05 |
Sixto Durán Ballén elected president of Ecuador |
1993-05-09 |
Landslide in Nambija Ecuador, kills 300 |
1995-01-09 |
Ecuador & Peru involve in boundary fight |
2012-08-16 |
Julian Assange, Wikileaks founder, is granted political asylum by Ecuador |
2013-05-24 |
Rafael Correa is sworn into a third term as President of Ecuador |
2016-04-17 |
Strong 7.8 earthquake hits off coast of Ecuador |
2016-04-19 |
Ecuador earthquake: At least 413 people confirmed dead |
2016-04-24 |
Death Toll From Ecuador Earthquake Tops 650 |
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Ecuador - Notable Birthdays
Ecuador - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1800-07-19 |
Juan José Flores, military and first president of Ecuador (d. 1864) |
1900-01-28 |
Alexandre AM Stols [Chl van Halsbeke], publisher (History of Ecuador) |
1904-09-17 |
Frederick Ashton, Ecuador, British choreographer (Cinderella), (d. 1988) |
1906-02-17 |
Galo Plaza Lasso, pres of Ecuador (1948-52), head of OAS (1968-75) |
1929-12-13 |
Albert Paulsen, Guayaquil Ecuador, actor (Doctors' Hospital) |
1960-02-27 |
Andres Gomez, Ecuador, tennis pro (Madrid Grand Prix-1990) |
1968-11-11 |
Wyatt Pauley, Ecuador, rocker (Linear-I Never Felt This Way, Lies) |
1973-02-05 |
Diego Serrano, Quito Ecuador, actor (Tomas Rivera-Another World) |
1973-04-11 |
Monica Chala, Miss Universe-Ecuador (1996) |
1977-07-22 |
Maria Jose Lopez, Miss Ecuador Universe (1997) |
Ecuador - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1984-10-19 |
Henri Michaux, Ecuador |
1990-06-08 |
Alfredo Poveda, president of Consul of Ecuador (1976-79), dies |
2008-12-15 |
León Febres Cordero, Ecuador's former President (b. 1931) |
