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Events in Ecuadorian History

1809-08-10 Area of Quinto is the first to declare itself independent of Spain in Latin America, though put down by the Spanish after 24 day (now Ecuador's National Day)
1820-10-09 Guayaquil, Ecuador declares its freedom from Ecuador
1820-11-03 Cuenca (Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca), Ecuador, declares independence
1830-05-13 Republic of Ecuador is founded, with Juan Jose Flores as president
1831-11-17 Ecuador and Venezuela separated from Greater Colombia
1832-02-12 Ecuador annexes Galapagos Islands
1868-08-13 Earthquakes kill 25,000 & causes $300 million damages in Peru & Ecuador
1906-12-28 Ecuador adopts its second liberal constitution
1914-08-31 Ecuador becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty
1929-03-28 Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador
1935-08-20 Military coup by General Pons & President Ibarra in Ecuador
1942-01-29 Peru and Ecuador sign Protocol of Rio (boundary determination)
1945-02-14 Peru, Paraguay, Chile & Ecuador joins UN

1949-02-12 Panic in Quito, Ecuador, after "War of the Worlds" played on radio

1953-07-07 Che Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador

1956-01-08 Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
1970-09-01 Jose Velasco Ibarra re-elected president of Ecuador
1972-02-15 President Velasco Ibarra of Ecuador deposed for 4th time
1976-01-11 Military coup in Ecuador, President Guillermo Lara leaves
1979-08-10 Ecuador adopts its 17th constitution, extending citizenship and suffrage to all Ecuadorians over 18
1987-03-06 6.8 earthquake hits Ecuador, kills 100
1988-08-10 Rodrigo Borja installed as president of Ecuador
1991-01-26 Alfaro Vive guerrilla group of Ecuador gives arms to Catholic church
1991-10-09 Ecuador becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty
1992-07-05 Sixto Durán Ballén elected president of Ecuador
1993-05-09 Landslide in Nambija Ecuador, kills 300
1995-01-09 Ecuador & Peru involved in boundary fight

2012-08-16 Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange is granted political asylum by Ecuador

2013-02-17 President Rafael Correa wins the Ecuadorian general election in a landslide victory
2013-05-24 Rafael Correa is sworn into a third term as President of Ecuador
2016-01-23 Zika virus outbreak in Brazil prompts Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador and Jamaica to recommend women delay pregnancies for up to 2 years

1800-07-19 Juan José Flores, General and first President of Ecuador (1839-1845), born in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela (d. 1864)
1832-04-13 Juan Montalvo, Ecuadorian author (Siete Tratados), born in Ambato, Ecuador (d. 1889)
1900-01-28 A. A. M. Stols, Dutch publisher (History of Ecuador), born in Maastricht, Netherlands (d. 1973)

1904-09-17 British choreographer (Cinderella), born in Guayaquil, Ecuador