Events in Honduran History
- 1821-09-15 Act of Independence of Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras & Nicaragua declare their independence from the Spanish Empire
- 1838-11-05 Honduras declares independence of Central American Federation
- 1849-10-16 British seize Tigre Island in Gulf of Fonseca from Honduras
- 1894-02-24 Nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras
- 1895-06-20 Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras form a short-lived confederation
- 1895-06-28 El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form Central American Union
- 1907-03-21 US sends troops to Honduras to halt the Nicaraguan army takeover
- 1907-11-13 The Conference of Central American States, convoked in response to the war between Honduras and Nicaragua, meets in Washington, D.C. to promote unification
- 1911-01-10 Honduras signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified)
- 1911-02-08 US helps overthrow President Miguel Devila of Honduras
- 1912-01-09 US Marines send troops to Honduras
- 1914-04-27 Honduras becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty
- 1919-09-11 US Marines again send troops to Honduras
- 1921-01-19 Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras & El Salvador sign Pact of Union
- 1921-09-09 Guatemala, Honduras and San Salvador agree to Central American Union
- 1922-01-29 Union of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador dissolved
- 1922-02-11 US intervention army leaves Honduras
- 1924-02-28 US begins intervention in Honduras
- 1932-01-03 Martial law is declared in Honduras to stop revolt by banana workers fired by United Fruit.
- 1932-01-04 State of siege proclaimed in Honduras
Che Guevara Begins Road Trip
1953-07-07 Che Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador
- 1965-06-05 Lopez Arellano becomes president of Honduras
- 1966-06-04 -10] Hurricane Alma, kills 51 in Honduras
- 1969-06-27 Honduras/El Salvador breaks diplomatic relations due to soccer match
- 1969-07-14 "Futbol War" between El Salvador and Honduras begins
- 1974-09-18 Hurricane Fifi hits coast of Honduras with 110 mph winds; about 5,000 die
- 1976-02-04 7.5 earthquake kills 22,778 in Guatemala & Honduras
- 1980-10-30 Honduras and El Salvador sign a peace treaty ending the "Football War"
- 1982-01-11 Honduras adopts constitution
- 1982-01-20 Honduras constitution goes into effect
- 1982-01-27 Roberto S. Cordova installed as President of Honduras
- 1988-03-16 US sends 3,000 soldiers to Nicaragua's neighbor Honduras
- 1989-11-26 Rafael Callejas installed as president of Honduras
- 1990-01-25 Honduras becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty
- 1993-11-28 Carlos Reina wins Honduras presidential election
- 1994-01-27 Carlos Reina succeeds pres Callejas in Honduras
- 1998-10-29 Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, made landfall in Honduras.
- 2012-02-15 Fire at Comayagua prison, Honduras, kills 358
- 2017-10-06 Storm Nate kills at least 22 people passing through Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras
- 2017-11-26 Presidential elections held in Honduras with allegations of electoral fraud and resulting violent protests
- 2018-10-15 Caravan of up to 4,000 Central American migrants that started in Honduras reaches Guatemala, heading for Mexico and the US
- 2020-11-03 Hurricane Eta makes landfall in Nicaragua as a Category Four storm with winds of 140 km, killing at least 235 people across Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Panama
- 2021-11-28 Honduras presidential elections: Xiomara Castro elected country's first female president (declared 2 Dec)
- 2022-04-21 Ex-president of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández extradited to the US to face drug trafficking and weapons charges [1]
- 2023-06-20 At least 41 women are killed in violence by rival gangs at a prison in Tamara, Honduras [1]
Famous People from Honduras
- 1780-11-22 José Cecilio del Valle, Honduran philosopher and politician, born in Choluteca, Honduras (d. 1834)
- 1927-01-26 José Azcona del Hoyo, President of Honduras (1986-90), born in La Ceiba, Honduras (d. 2005)
- 1927-03-17 Roberto Suazo Córdova, President of Honduras (1982-86), born in La Paz, Honduras (d. 2018)
- 1959-09-30 Xiomara Castro, Honduran politician (1st female President of Honduras 2022-), born in Santa Bárbara, Honduras
- 1967-10-22 Carlos Mencia, Honduras-born American comedian
- 1973-10-09 Carlos Pavón, Honduran footballer (Real España), born in El Progreso, Honduras
- 1977-11-30 Iván Guerrero, Honduran soccer defender (84 caps; CD Motagua, Chicago Fire, Coventry City FC), born in Comayagua, Honduras