1641 Caracas earthquake
11 June 1641
The 1641 Caracas earthquake took place in Venezuela on 11 June 1641. It is often known as the San Bernabé earthquake because 11 June is the feast day of Barnabas in the Catholic calendar.
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Venezuela
1641 – 2026
Country in South America
Independence of Venezuela
1810–1823
The Venezuelan Independence was the juridical-political process that put an end to the ties between the Captaincy General of Venezuela and the Spanish Empire. It also implied the replacement of the absolute monarchy by the republic as the form of government in Venezuela.
revolution of April 19, 1810
19 April 1810
The Revolution of April 19, 1810, was an insurrection in Caracas on April 19, 1810, that deposed Vicente Emparan, captain general of Venezuela, and founded the Supreme Junta of Caracas, Venezuela's first form of self-government. It is conventionally noted as the beginning of the country's struggle for independence.
Venezuela Declaration of Independence
5 July 1811
The Venezuelan Declaration of Independence (Spanish: Acta de la Declaración de Independencia de Venezuela) is a document drafted and adopted by Venezuela on July 5, 1811, through which Venezuelans made the decision to separate from the Spanish Crown in order to establish a new nation based on the premises of equality of individuals, abolition of censorship and dedication to freedom of expression. These principles were enshrined as a constitutional principle for the new nation and were radically opposed to the political, cultural, and social practices that had existed during three hundred…
1812 Caracas earthquake
26 March 1812
The 1812 Caracas earthquake took place in Venezuela on March 26 (on Maundy Thursday) at 4:37 p.m. It measured M 7.7.
Admirable Campaign
24 June 1813
The Admirable Campaign (Spanish: Campaña Admirable) was a military expedition conducted by the United Provinces of New Granada and allied venezuelan republican forces against spanish royalist control in western and central Venezuela between 14 of May and 6 of August 1813, during the Spanish American wars of Independence, Colombian war of Independence and Venezuelan war of Independence. The campaign was led by Simón Bolívar, a venezuelan-born officer serving as brigadier in the New Granadan army, with military and logistical support from the United Provinces of New Granada and the Free and…
Third Republic of Venezuela
1817–1821
The Third Republic of Venezuela (Spanish: Tercera República de Venezuela) was the reestablished Republic of Venezuela declared by Simón Bolívar in the year 1817, during the Venezuelan War of Independence.
Battle of Carabobo
24 June 1821
The Second Battle of Carabobo (Spanish: Batalla de Carabobo), on 24 June 1821, was fought between independence fighters, led by Venezuelan General Simón Bolívar, and the Royalist forces, led by Spanish Field Marshal Miguel de la Torre. Bolívar's decisive victory at Carabobo led to the independence of Venezuela and establishment of the Republic of Gran Colombia.
Naval Battle of Lake Maracaibo
24 July 1823
The Battle of Lake Maracaibo also known as the "Naval Battle of the Lake" was fought on 24 July 1823 on Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo between fleets under the commands of Republican Admiral José Prudencio Padilla and royalist Captain Ángel Laborde. The engagement was won by the Republican forces, and was the last battle of the Venezuelan War of Independence and the larger Spanish American wars of independence.
Fourth Republic of Venezuela
1830–1999
The Republic of Venezuela was a democratic bipartidist republic first established in 1953, and replaced in 1999 by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Venezuela was ruled by a military dictatorship from 1948 to 1958.
Revolution of the Reforms
7 June 1835 – 1 March 1836
The Revolution of the Reforms was a military movement in Venezuela between 7 June 1835, and 1 March 1836, against the government of José María Vargas, the conservative Congress, and the influence of José Antonio Páez. It was led by outstanding independence heroes such as Santiago Mariño, Diego Ibarra, Pedro Briceño Méndez, José Laurencio Silva, José María Melo, Blas Bruzual, Luis Perú de Lacroix, Pedro Carujo, José Tadeo Monagas, Renato Beluche, Andrés Level de Goda, and Estanislao Rendon.
Peasant insurrection of 1846
1 September 1846 – 25 May 1847
The Venezuelan peasant insurrection of 1846 was a popular and social rebellion that broke out in various agricultural areas of Venezuela in September 1846 and lasted until May 1847. The rebellion was suppressed by the Conservative army.
March Revolution
15 March 1858
The March Revolution was a military uprising that took place in Venezuela in March 1858. It was the first armed rebellion that managed to overthrow a government in Venezuelan history.
Treaty of Coche
23 April 1863
The Treaty of Coche was an agreement that formally established the end of the Federal War in Venezuela. The name of the treaty originates from the fact that it was made at the estate of Coche, in that period very close to Caracas, and today part of the Parish of Coche in Caracas.
1875 Cúcuta earthquake
18 May 1875
The 1875 Cúcuta earthquake (also known as earthquake of the Andes) occurred on 18 May at 11:15 AM. It completely demolished Cúcuta, Villa del Rosario (Colombia), San Antonio del Tachira and Capacho (Venezuela). The earthquake killed many Venezuelans in San Cristóbal, La Mulata, Rubio, Michelena, La Grita, Colón, amongst others, and was felt in both Bogotá and Caracas.
Restorative Liberal Revolution
1899
The Restorative Liberal Revolution, also known as the Invasion of the 60 due to the number of men with whom the movement began, was an expedition of Venezuelans exiled in Colombia under the command of Cipriano Castro that began on 23 May 1899, with the purpose of overthrowing the government of Venezuelan President Ignacio Andrade.
Paris Arbitral Award
3 October 1899
The Paris Arbitral Award is an arbitral award issued on 3 October 1899 by an arbitral tribunal convened in Paris, created two years earlier as established in the Arbitral Treaty of Washington D. C. on 2 February 1897, in which the United States (representing Venezuela) on the one hand and the United Kingdom (as owner of the colony of British Guiana, currently Guyana) on the other, had agreed to submit to international arbitration the dispute over the border to the west of the British colony and the east of independent Venezuela, as a mechanism for an amicable solution to the territorial…
History of Venezuela (1908–1958)
23 October 1899 – 18 October 1945
Between 1908 and 1958, the Republic of Venezuela saw several changes in leadership, including a coup d'état in 1948.
1900 San Narciso earthquake
29 October 1900
An earthquake occurred in Venezuela on 29 October 1900 (feast of Saint Narcissus of Girona) between 4:30 and 4:45 am local time. Its epicenter was off Miranda State or near the Venezuelan capital Caracas, in the Cariaco Basin.
1908 Venezuelan coup d'etat
1908
During the 1908 Venezuelan coup d'état, General Juan Vicente Gómez took power on 19 December during the absence of President Cipriano Castro. He ruled as a dictator until his death in 1935, either directly by having himself elected by Congress or indirectly through civilian puppet governments that obeyed him.