History Hop Tags - Honduras

1798-09-10

British Honduras beats Spain in battle of St George

1821-09-15

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

1838-11-05

Honduras declares independence of Central American Federation

1849-10-16

British seize Tigre Island in Gulf of Fonseca from Honduras

1894-02-24

Nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of)

1895-06-20

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

1895-06-28

El Salvador, Honduras & Nicaragua form Central American Union

1907-03-21

US invades Honduras

1907-11-13

The Conference of Central American States, convoked in response to the war between Honduras and Nicaragua, meets in Washington DC to promote unification

1911-01-10

Honduras signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified)

1911-02-08

US helps overthrow Pres Miguel Devila of Honduras

1912-01-09

US marines invade Honduras

1914-04-27

Honduras becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

1919-09-11

US marines invade Honduras

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

1922-02-11

US intervention army leaves Honduras

1924-02-28

US begins intervention in Honduras

1932-01-03

Martial law is declared in Honduras to stop revolt by banana workers fired by United Fruit.

1932-01-04

State of siege proclaimed in Honduras

1953-07-07

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

1961-10-31

Hurricane Hattie, kills 400 in British Honduras

1965-06-05

Lopez Arellano becomes president of Honduras

1966-06-04

-10] Hurricane Alma, kills 51 in Honduras

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)

1974-09-18

Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, 5,000 die

1974-09-19

-20] Hurricane Fifi hits coast of Honduras; about 5,000 die

1976-02-04

7.5 earthquake kills 22,778 in Guatemala & Honduras

1980-10-30

Honduras & El Salvador settle their boundary dispute

1980-11-18

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

1981-09-21

Belize (British Honduras) gains independence from UK

1982-01-11

Honduras adopts constitution

1982-01-20

Honduras constitution goes into effect

1982-01-27

Roberto S Cordova installed as president of Honduras

1988-03-16

US sends 3,000 soldiers to Nicaragua's neighbor Honduras

1989-11-26

Rafael Callejas installed as president of Honduras

1990-01-25

Honduras becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

1993-11-28

Carlos Reina wins Honduras presidential election

1994-01-27

Carlos Reina succeeds pres Callejas in Honduras

1998-10-29

Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, made landfall in Honduras.

2012-02-15

Fire at Comayagua prison, Honduras, kills 358

2015-12-11

Honduras national soccer player Arnold Peralta shot dead at shopping mall

2016-03-12

Honduras reports death of man with suspected Zika link

2018-01-10

Little damage as mag 7.6 quake hits in sea north of Honduras

1927-01-26

Jose Simon Azcona Hoyo, president of Honduras (1986-90)

1967-10-22

Carlos Mencia, Honduras-born American comedian

1976-12-25

Yazmin Fiallos, Miss Universe-Honduras (1996)

1978-10-31

Joselina Garcia, Miss Honduras Universe (1997)

1979-10-27

Ryan Cumbo, Honduras: A Five Day Mission Trip

1987-9-07

Jeremy Yanavok, Honduras: A Five Day Mission Trip

2003-08-19

Carlos Roberto Reina, President of Honduras (b. 1926)

2005-10-24

José Azcona del Hoyo, President of Honduras (b. 1926)