Paraguay

sovereign state in South America

26 dated entries naming Paraguay, drawn from 24 separate years between 1537 CE and 2009 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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16th century

1537August 15 – The city of Asunción, now the capital of the South American nation of Paraguay, is founded by Juan de Salazar de Espinosa.source
1537September 12 – King Carlos I of Spain (who is also the Holy Roman Emperor) issues a royal decree providing for the first election in the New World, allowing he citizens of the Province of Rio de la Plata (now Paraguay) to elect a replacement for the late Captain-General Pedro de Mendoza. Domingo Martínez de Irala is elected the new Captain-General in 1538.source

18th century

1712May 15 – Curuguaty in Paraguay is founded by Juan Gregorio de Bazán y Pedraza on the banks of the Curuguaty River.source

19th century

1810December 20 – Manuel Belgrano crosses the Paraná River to Itapúa Department, starting his invasion of Paraguay.source
1810September 22 – Manuel Belgrano prepares his invasion to the Provincia del Paraguay.source
1811May 14 – Paraguay declares independence from the Spanish Empire (recognised May 15).source
1820September 5 – José Gervasio Artigas flees to Paraguay.source
1828May 21 – Antonio José de Sucre tries to invade Paraguay, reaching the northern city of Fuerte Olimpo, but the planned invasion is immediately cancelled.source
1831February 8 – French-born botanical explorer Aimé Bonpland leaves Paraguay for Argentina.source
1844March 13 – The dictator Carlos Antonio López becomes first President of Paraguay.source
1858December 30 – Paraguay expedition: Seventeen U.S. Navy warships, under the command of William Shubrick, depart from Uruguay on a mission to demand concessions from Paraguay, and to go to war if necessary.source
1865May 1 – The Treaty of the Triple Alliance of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay against Paraguay is formally signed, following the outbreak of the Paraguayan War.source
1866September 22 – Paraguay successfully defends Curupayty against the Triple Alliance in the Paraguayan War, killing more than 5,000 while sustaining just about 50 casualties.source
1868January 5 – Paraguayan War: Brazilian Army commander Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, enters Asunción, Paraguay's capital. Some days later he declares the war is over. Nevertheless, Francisco Solano López, Paraguay's president, prepares guerrillas to fight in the countryside.source
1870March 1 – Battle of Cerro Corá, Paraguay: Marshal Francisco Solano López's last troops are cornered by those of the Triple Alliance. López refuses to surrender and is killed, ending the Paraguayan War.source
1872In the aftermath of the Paraguayan War, the new government of Paraguay makes peace with Brazil, granting reparations and territorial concessions.source
1878U.S. arbitration rejects Argentine claims to Paraguay's part of the Chaco region.source
1882A peace treaty is signed between Paraguay and Uruguay.source

20th century

1932September 9 – Beginning of the Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia because of delimitation problems and others.source
1933May 10 – Chaco War: Paraguay formally declares war on Bolivia.source
1935June 12 – The Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia ends.source
1954May 4 – General Alfredo Stroessner deposes Federico Chaves in a coup d'état in Paraguay; from August 15 he will hold the office of President until 1989.source
1958August 26 – A general strike is called in Paraguay.source
1989February 3 – 1989 Paraguayan coup d'état ("La Noche de la Candelaria"): A military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay since 1954.source
1991March 26 – Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur.source

21st century

2009January 1 – Asunción, the capital of Paraguay, becomes the American Capital of Culture and Vilnius and Linz become the European Capitals of Culture.source