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Paraguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the country from north to south...
Timeline of Events
1537
8.15.1537
Asunción, Paraguay, is founded.
1811
5.14.1811
Paraguay gains independence from Spain.
5.15.1811
Paraguay declares independence from Spain.
1869
8.16.1869
Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the War of the Triple Alliance.
1932
7.20.1932
Crowds in the capitals of Bolivia and Paraguay demand their governments declare war on the other after fighting on their border.
9.29.1932
Chaco War: Last day of the Battle of Boquerón between Paraguay and Bolivia.
1935
6.12.1935
Chaco War ends: a truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932.
1954
8.15.1954
Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
1980
9.17.1980
Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay.
1989
2.3.1989
A military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay since 1954.
1991
3.26.1991
Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
1999
3.23.1999
Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña.
2004
8.1.2004
A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 in Asunción, Paraguay.