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67 Moments
1903
1902
1894
New company formed to recoup losses  from the original canal project
1889
1881
Ferdinand de Lesseps started work on Panama Canal
1856
US Troops Deployed Amid Watermelon Outbreak
1855
Completion of the Panama Railway
1852
1846
1841
Herrera's Title Changed to President
1831
Defeat and Execution of General Alzuru
1830
Panama separates from Republic of Colombia
1826
Anfictionic Congress in Panama City
1821
Panama's Independence and Joining the Central American Isthmus
1820
1819
New Granada Achieves Freedom from Spain
1815
Simón Bolívar's Carta de Jamaica
1749
1744
1713
1698
Founding of Scottish Colony 'New Caledonia'
1635
1558
Abolishment of Encomienda System in Azuero
Veraguas Conquered by Francisco Vázquez
1538
1531
Pedrarias Abandons Santa María la
1520
1519