William Walker (filibuster)
American filibuster, physician, lawyer, journalist and mercenary (1824-1860)
7 dated entries naming William Walker (filibuster), drawn from 6 separate years between 1853 CE and 1860 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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19th century
- 1853November 3 – Troops of William Walker capture La Paz in Baja California Territory and declare the (short-lived) Republic of Sonora.source
- 1854February 13 – Mexican troops force William Walker and his troops to retreat to Sonora.source
- 1855May 3 – American adventurer William Walker and a group of armed mercenaries (filibusters) sail from San Francisco in California south to Central America to attempt to conquer Nicaragua.source
- 1856March 20 – Filibuster War: Battle of Santa Rosa: – Costa Rican troops rout Walker's soldiers.source
- 1856October 13 – American mercenary William Walker effectively takes control of Nicaragua.source
- 1857June 12 – U.S. mercenary William Walker is overthrown as ruler of Nicaragua by Honduran general Florencio Xatruch.source
- 1860September 12 – William Walker, American filibuster who was briefly President of Nicaragua (executed) (b. 1824)source
Named in the same entries
- Nicaragua (4)
- United States (1)
- California (1)
- San Francisco (1)
- Central America (1)
- Costa Rica (1)