Principal
dates of the Latin-American history.
320
Beginning of the Maya empire (until VIIe century), foundations
of the towns of Tikal, Uaxactum, Copan, Palenque, Tonina, Oxkintok,
Quiriga and Etzna.
1168
Aztec empire: destruction of Tula and invasion of the urban
centres (Texcoco).
1428
Itzacoatl, Aztec sovereign, found a confederation including/understanding
Mexico City, Texcoco and Tlacopan.
1492
Christophe Colomb discovers America.
1499
The navigators Vicente Pinzon and Amerigo Vespucci reach America.
1500
Portuguese Cabral discovers Brazil.
1519
Spanish Cortez conquers Mexico where it founds Vera Cruz.
1524
Forwarding of the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro at
Incas.
1532
Francisco Pizarro conquers Peru.
1735 Forwarding
of Condamine (1701-1774) in South America to measure an arc
of meridian line close to the equator.
1810 General
insurrection of the Spanish colonies in South America.
1812 Caracas
(Venezuela) is destroyed by an earthquake.
1813 Simon
Bolivar releases Caracas.
1814
War enters Peru and Chile.
1816
Argentina proclaims its independence.
1818
Chile, after having beaten the Spanish troops, proclaims its
independence.
1819
Simon Bolivar beats Spanish and founds the Republic of Colombia.
1821
Simon Bolivar releases Venezuela.
Mexico proclaims its independence.
1822
Simon Bolivar releases equator.
Brazil proclaims its independence and becomes a constitutional
empire.
1824
Simon Bolivar releases Peru.
1829
War enters Colombia and Peru.
1858
Benito Juarez, president of the republic of Mexico, is the
first Indian elected on this level of responsibility.
1889
Brazil becomes republic, after abdication of the emperor Pedro
II.
1911
The dictator Porfirio Diaz is deposited by the rebels carried
out by Francisco Madero.
Country insurrection behind Indian Emiliano Zapata.
1914 Inauguration of Panama Canal.
1930 Uruguay
gains the first football world cup.
1946
The general Juan Domingo Peron is elected president of the
Republic of Argentina.
1952
Nationalization of the tin mines in Bolivia.
1955
In Argentina, the army reverses Juan Domingo Peron, but the
influence of this last on the political life of the country
remains.
1956
To Cuba, Fidel Castro launches the rebellion against president
Batista, supported by the Americans.
1959
Fidel Castro, 32 years, drives out Batista and seizes the
power in Cuba.
1960
Inauguration of the new capital of Brazil: Brasilia.
The Latin America founds a free exchange zone associating
Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Peru, Paraguay and Uruguay.
1967
Ernesto (Che) Guevara, hero of the cuban revolution, is killed
in Bolivia by soldiers at the time of an operation antiguerilleros.
1968 Organization
of Olympic Games of summer in Mexico City.
1970
In Chile, socialist president Salvator Allende forms a government
of popular front.
1972
Earthquake in Nicaragua: 10.000 dead.
1973
Military coup d'etat in Chile, president Allende is killed.
The Pinochet general directs the military junta.
1978
Force repression in Argentina, against the opponents with
the mode exerted by the Vidéla dictator-general.
1982
War of the Falklands between Argentina and Great Britain.
1983
After democratic elections in Argentina, the soldiers are
driven out capacity and are continued for their exactions.
Chile, the dictatorship of the Pinochet general answers by
a violent repression the demonstrations against the economic
bankruptcy of the mode.
1985 On
September 19, an earthquake makes 10.000 dead in Mexico.
On November 6, an volcanic eruption makes 25.000 dead in Colombia.
1990
End of the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in Chile. It is
replaced by Patricio Aylwin which is democratically elected.
1998
In Cuba, the pope Jean-Paul II is received by Fidel Castro.
2006
Michelle Bachelet is the first woman, elected with the presidency
of the republic, Chile and also in Latin America.
