Venezuela

Ereignisse (26)

• 1498

  8/1 — Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit what is now Venezuela.

• 1499

  5/18 — Alonso de Ojeda sets sail from Cádiz on his voyage to what is now Venezuela.

• 1555

  3/25 — The city of Valencia is founded in present-day Venezuela.

• 1567

  7/25 — Don Diego de Losada founds the city of Santiago de Leon de Caracas, modern-day Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela.

• 1810

  4/19 — Venezuela achieves home rule: Vicente Emparán, Governor of the Captaincy General is removed by the people of Caracas and a junta is installed.

• 1811

  7/5 — Venezuela declares independence from Spain.

• 1812

  3/26 — An earthquake devastates Caracas, Venezuela.

• 1813

  5/24 — South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator").

• 1817

  10/30 — The independent government of Venezuela is established by Simón Bolívar.

• 1819

  12/17 — Simón Bolívar declares the independence of Gran Colombia in Angostura (now Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela).

• 1821

  6/24 — The Battle of Carabobo takes place. It is the decisive battle in the war of independence of Venezuela from Spain.

• 1823

  7/24 — In Maracaibo, Venezuela the naval Battle of Lake Maracaibo takes place, where Admiral José Prudencio Padilla, defeats the Spanish Navy, thus culminating the independence for the Gran Colombia.

• 1831

  11/17 — Ecuador und Venezuela werden von Großkolumbien getrennt.

• 1854

  3/24 — Die Sklaverei wird in Venezuela abgeschafft.

• 1945

  10/18 — Eine Gruppe der venezolanischen Streitkräfte, angeführt von Mario Vargas, Marcos Pérez Jiménez und Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, führt einen Putsch gegen Präsident Isaías Medina Angarita durch, der bis zum Ende des Tages gestürzt wird.

• 1956

  6/20 — A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.

• 1958

  1/23 — Nach einem allgemeinen Aufstand und Straßenunruhen verlässt Präsident Marcos Pérez Jiménez Venezuela.

• 1958

  5/13 — Während eines Besuchs in Caracas, Venezuela, wird das Auto des Vizepräsidenten Richard Nixon von anti-amerikanischen Demonstranten angegriffen

• 1988

  3/17 — Ein kolumbianischer Boeing 727-Jet, Avianca-Flug 410, stürzt in die Nähe der venezolanischen Grenze auf einen Berg und tötet 143 Menschen.

• 1992

  2/4 — A coup d'état is led by Hugo Chávez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez.

• 1992

  11/27 — For the second time in a year, military forces try to overthrow president Carlos Andrés Pérez in Venezuela.

• 1998

  12/6 — in Venezuela, Hugo Chavez is victorious in presidential elections.

• 2002

  4/14 — Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.

• 2012

  8/20 — Ein Gefängnis-Aufstand in der venezolanischen Hauptstadt Caracas tötet mindestens 20 Menschen.

• 2013

  1/25 — At least 50 people are killed and 120 people are injured in a prison riot in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.

• 2015

  12/6 — Venezuelan elections are held. For the first time in 17 years the United Socialist Party of Venezuela loses its majority in parliament.