Venezuela

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76 Moments
1959
Rómulo Betancourt: Venezuela's First Democratic President
1958
US Vice President Richard Nixon's Caracas motorcade attacked.
1956
Betancourt Doctrine Shaping Foreign Policy Promoting Democracy and Human Rights
1950
President Carlos Delgado Chalbaud Assassinated in Caracas
1949
Rise of Oil Industry Transforms Venezuela
1945
Venezuela's declaration of war on Nazi Germany.
1939
Deadly Fire Engulfs Lagunillas Refinery - Hundreds Dead
1936
1935
New President ends Gómez dictatorship
1931
The Establishment of the Communist Party in Venezuela
1929
Rebel Urbina seizes Fort Amsterdam in Curaçao, kidnaps governor Fruytier.
1920
1914
Significant Oil Discovery in Lake Maracaibo
1908
Attack on Dutch fleet by Venezuela's Vice-President Gómez.
Juan Vicente Gómez's military coup seizes power in Venezuela
Dutch Navy Captures Venezuelan Navy
1904
1902
Ultimatum: Britain and Germany demand payment from President Castro
1899
Cipriano Castro assumes Venezuela's presidency
1863
Treaty of Coche ends Federal War
1860
The Battle of Coplé: A Defining Moment in Venezuelan History
1859
Onset of Federal War between centralists and federalists
1858
Birth of Cipriano Castro, Future Leader
1854
Abolishment of slavery in Venezuela
1821
Decisive War for Independence
1819
1813
Decree of War to the Death against Spaniards issued by Simón Bolívar
1812
Devastating 7.7 Richter Earthquake Strikes Caracas