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Paraguay - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1537-08-15 |
Asunción, Paraguay, is founded. |
1617-12-16 |
Spanish viceroy Hernando Arias de Saavedra founds provinces Rio de la Plata (Argentina)/Guaira (Paraguay) |
1811-05-14 |
Paraguay gains independence from Spain (National Day) |
1866-10-22 |
Paraguay: Battle of Curupaytí against Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. |
1869-08-16 |
Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguay battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the War of the Triple Alliance. |
1917-09-20 |
Paraguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. |
1930-09-29 |
Boquerón battle ends Paraguay border dispute |
1933-05-10 |
Paraguay declares war on Bolivia |
1933-12-20 |
Bolivia & Paraguay sign cease fire |
1935-06-12 |
Weapons pact ends 3 year war of Gran Chaco (Bolivia vs Paraguay) |
1935-06-14 |
Chaco War between Bolivia & Paraguay ends |
1945-02-14 |
Peru, Paraguay, Chile & Ecuador joins UN |
1954-05-05 |
Military coup by general Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay |
1954-08-15 |
Alfredo Stroessner names himself president of Paraguay |
1959-05-30 |
Pres Stroessner disbands Paraguay's parliament |
1967-08-25 |
Paraguay accepts its constitution |
1987-03-15 |
US Davis Cup team loses to Paraguay |
1988-02-14 |
Alfredo Stroessner re-elected president of Paraguay |
1989-02-03 |
Military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay |
1991-12-01 |
Colorado party wins Paraguay parliamentary election |
1993-05-09 |
Paraguay holds its 1st pres & parliamentary elections in 50 years |
1999-03-23 |
Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña. |
2004-08-01 |
A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 in Asunción, Paraguay. |
2013-04-21 |
Horacio Cartes is elected President of Paraguay |
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Paraguay - Notable Birthdays
Paraguay - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1790-11-04 |
Carlos A Lopez, president of Paraguay (1844-62) |
1826-07-24 |
Francisco S Lopez, [Tiran], president of Paraguay (1862-70) |
1882-07-18 |
Manuel Galvez, Argentina writer/poet/historian (Paraguay) |
1912-11-03 |
Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay (1954-89) |
1912-11-03 |
Don Alfredo Stroessner, The Last Dictator - Alan Whicker in Stroessner's Paraguay |
1924-03-20 |
Hermann Guggiari, Paraguay, engineer and sculptor (Rejas, NNUU)(d.2012) |
1955-10-15 |
Victor Pecci, Asuncion Paraguay, tennis star |
1956-10-11 |
Nicanor Duarte Frutos, President of Paraguay |
1958-05-31 |
Angel Franco, Asuncion Paraguay, golfer (1993 Nike Dominion) |
1971-03-11 |
Marta Lovera Parquet, Miss Universe-Paraguay (1996) |
1974-03-27 |
Rosanna Gimenez, Miss Paraguay Universe (1997) |
1977-10-13 |
Antonio Di Natale, Group F: Italy vs Paraguay |
1980-10-31 |
Kengo Nakamura, Round of 16: Paraguay vs Japan |
1982-01-30 |
Daiki Iwamasa, Round of 16: Paraguay vs Japan |
1984-04-05 |
Kisho Yano, Round of 16: Paraguay vs Japan |
Paraguay - Notable Weddings
Paraguay - Weddings
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1986-04-26 |
Writer Jorge Luis Borges (86) weds author Maria Kodama (49) in Paraguay |
Paraguay - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1839-09-20 |
Jose Gaspar de Francia, dictator of Paraguay (1816-39), dies at 74 |
1862-09-10 |
Carlos A Lopez, president of Paraguay (1844-62), dies at 71 |
1870-03-01 |
Francisco S Lopez, Pres of Paraguay (1862-70), dies at 43 |
1870-05-01 |
Francisco Solano Lopez, fieldmarshal/president of Paraguay |
1980-09-17 |
Anastasio Somoza, former Nicaraguan Pres, assassinated in Paraguay |
2006-08-16 |
Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (b. 1912) |
2006-08-16 |
Don Alfredo Stroessner, The Last Dictator - Alan Whicker in Stroessner's Paraguay |
