Venezuela
The Country of a Thousand Landscapes
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13-Feb-1959
Rómulo Betancourt: Venezuela's First Democratic President
13-May-1958
US Vice President Richard Nixon's Caracas motorcade attacked.
1956
Betancourt Doctrine Shaping Foreign Policy Promoting Democracy and Human Rights
13-Nov-1950
President Carlos Delgado Chalbaud Assassinated in Caracas
1949
Rise of Oil Industry Transforms Venezuela
16-Feb-1945
Venezuela's declaration of war on Nazi Germany.
14-Nov-1939
Deadly Fire Engulfs Lagunillas Refinery - Hundreds Dead
12-Jun-1936
Oil workers strike for improved working conditions
18-Dec-1935
New President ends Gómez dictatorship
05-Mar-1931
The Establishment of the Communist Party in Venezuela
08-Jun-1929
Rebel Urbina seizes Fort Amsterdam in Curaçao, kidnaps governor Fruytier.
29-Dec-1920
The Netherlands and Venezuela Reestablish Diplomatic Ties
31-Jul-1914
Significant Oil Discovery in Lake Maracaibo
20-Dec-1908
Attack on Dutch fleet by Venezuela's Vice-President Gómez.
19-Dec-1908
Juan Vicente Gómez's military coup seizes power in Venezuela
26-Nov-1908
Dutch Navy Captures Venezuelan Navy
23-Jun-1908
USA suspends diplomatic relations with Venezuela
22-Feb-1904
The Hague Tribunal delivers decisions on claims against Venezuela
09-Dec-1902
Ultimatum: Britain and Germany demand payment from President Castro
20-Dec-1899
Cipriano Castro assumes Venezuela's presidency
23-Apr-1863
Treaty of Coche ends Federal War
17-Feb-1860
The Battle of Coplé: A Defining Moment in Venezuelan History
20-Feb-1859
Onset of Federal War between centralists and federalists
12-Oct-1858
Birth of Cipriano Castro, Future Leader
24-Mar-1854
Abolishment of slavery in Venezuela
24-Jun-1821
Decisive War for Independence
07-Dec-1819
Venezuela's Independence from Gran Colombia
15-Jun-1813
Decree of War to the Death against Spaniards issued by Simón Bolívar
23-May-1813
Simón Bolívar Leads Invasion of Mérida
26-Mar-1812
Devastating 7.7 Richter Earthquake Strikes Caracas
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