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Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...

Timeline of Events

1502

7.30.1502

Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras during his fourth voyage.

1821

9.15.1821

Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica jointly declare independence from Spain.

1851

2.1.1851

Honduras and El Salvador, during their invasion of Guatemala, are repelled at the Battle of La Arada.

1895

6.28.1895

El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form the Greater Republic of Central America.

1914

4.27.1914

Honduras becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

1919

9.11.1919

U.S. Marines invade Honduras.

1932

1.3.1932

Martial law is declared in Honduras to stop revolt by banana workers fired by United Fruit.

1953

7.7.1953

Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.

1969

7.14.1969

Football War: after Honduras loses a soccer match against El Salvador, riots break out in Honduras against Salvadoran migrant workers.

7.20.1969

A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, 6 days after the beginning of the "Football War"

1974

9.18.1974

Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, killing 5,000 people.

1976

2.4.1976

In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.

1980

10.30.1980

El Salvador and Honduras sign a peace treaty to put the border dispute fought over in 1969's Football War before the International Court of Justice.

1998

10.29.1998

Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes landfall in Honduras.