Events in Quito History
- 1534-12-06 Quito, Ecuador, founded by Spanish colonists on the ruins of an Inca city
- 1797-02-04 Earthquake in Quito, Ecuador kills 41,000
Humboldt, Bonpland Reach Quito
1802-01-06 Naturalists Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland reach Quito, Ecuador
Battle of Pichincha
1822-05-24 Battle of Pichincha, Simón Bolívar secures the independence of Ecuador from Spain
Radio History
1949-02-12 Panic in Quito, Ecuador, after "War of the Worlds" played on radio
- 1949-08-05 6.4 Earthquake strikes Tungurahua Province, Ecuador, killing 5,000 people
- 2023-08-09 Ecuador opposition presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio assassinated at a campaign rally in Quito [1]
Famous People from Quito
- 1919-07-06 Oswaldo Guayasamín, Ecuadorian master painter and sculptor, born in Quito, Ecuador (d. 1999)
- 1973-02-05 Diego Serrano, Ecuadorian-born American actor (Tomas Rivera-Another World), born in Quito, Ecuador
- 1974-02-08 Ulises de la Cruz, Ecuadorian footballer (LDU Quito; Aston Villa) and politician, born in Piquiucho, Ecuador
- 1974-09-26 Boris Cepeda, German-Ecuadorian pianist and diplomat, born in Quito, Ecuador
- 1974-12-12 Franklin Anangonó, Ecuadorian soccer defender (7 caps; ESPoli Quito, El Nacional Quito, Macará), born in Quito, Ecuador (d. 2022)
- 1979-05-14 Carlos Tenorio, Ecuadorian soccer forward (50 caps; LDU Quito, Al-Sadd), born in Esmeraldas, Ecuador
- 1980-04-27 Christian Lara, Ecuadorian footballer, born in Quito, Ecuador
- 1986-05-01 Christian Benítez, Ecuadorian soccer striker (58 caps; El Nacional, Santos Laguna, América), born in Quito, Ecuador (d. 2013)