Costa Rica

country in Central America

15 dated entries naming Costa Rica, drawn from 14 separate years between 700 CE and 2020 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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7th century

700Diquis culture (modern Costa Rica) starts in Central America (approximate date).source

16th century

1502May 9 – Christopher Columbus leaves Cadiz in Spain for his fourth and final trip to the New World, taking with him 147 men on his flagship, Capitana and the companion ships Gallega, Vizcaína, and Santiago de Palos. He explores Central America, and discovers the Isthmus of Panama and the land now occupied by Honduras, and Costa Rica, and possibly the island of St. Lucia as wellsource
1502September 18 – Christopher Columbus lands at Central America at what is now Costa Rica.source
1522January 26 – Spanish conquistador Gil González Dávila sets out from the gulf of Panama to explore the Pacific coast of Central America. He explores Nicaragua and names Costa Rica when he finds copious quantities of gold in Pacific beaches.source

19th century

1838November 5 – Dissolution of the Federal Republic of Central America: Honduras and Costa Rica follow the example of Nicaragua and secede from the federation.source
1856March 20 – Filibuster War: Battle of Santa Rosa: – Costa Rican troops rout Walker's soldiers.source
1889November – The first free elections are held in Costa Rica.source
1900March 5 – Two U.S. Navy cruisers are sent to Central America to protect American interests in a dispute between Nicaragua and Costa Rica.source

20th century

1948December 1 – José Figueres Ferrer abolishes the army in Costa Rica, making it the first country in history to do so.source
1949August 21 – Deportivo Saprissa enters Costa Rican soccer's first division.source
1968July 29 – Arenal Volcano erupts in Costa Rica for the first time in centuries.source
1989May 15 – The last golden toad is seen in Costa Rica; the species is subsequently classified as extinct.source
1991April 22 – A 7.7 Limon earthquake strikes Costa Rica and Panama with a maximum Mercalli intensity, causing between 47 and 87 deaths and up to 759 injuries.source
1998October 4 – The World Bank praises Costa Rica for its remarkable success in raising life expectancy and lowering infant mortality.source

21st century

2020May 26 – Costa Rica becomes the first Central American country to legalise same-sex marriage.source