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Honduras


1994 Carlos Reina succeeds President Callejas in Honduras

1993 Carlos Reina wins Honduras presidential election

1989 Rafael Callejas installed as president of Honduras

1988 U.S. sends 3000 soldiers to Nicaragua's neighbor Honduras

1982 Roberto S. Cordova installed as president of Honduras

1982 Honduras constitution goes into effect

1982 Honduras adopts constitution

1981 Belize (British Honduras) gains independence from U.K.

1980 Honduras and El Salvador signs peace (after "soccer war" 1969)

1980 Honduras and El Salvador settle their boundary dispute

1978 Joselina Garcia, Miss Honduras Universe 1997

1976 7.5 earthquake kills 22,778 in Guatemala and Honduras

1974 Hurricane Fifi hits coast of Honduras; about 5,000 die

1974 Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, 5,000 die

1969 "Futbol War" between El Salvador and Honduras begins

1969 Honduras/El Salvador breaks diplomatic relations due to soccer match

1966 Hurricane Alma, kills 51 in Honduras

1965 Lopez Arellano becomes president of Honduras

1961 Hurricane Hattie, kills 400 in British Honduras

1932 State of siege proclaimed in Honduras

1927 Jose Simon Azcona Hoyo, president of Honduras, 1986-90

1924 U.S. begins intervention in Honduras

1922 U.S. intervention army leaves Honduras

1922 Union of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador dissolved

1921 Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador sign Pact of Union

1919 U.S. Marines invade Honduras

1912 U.S. Marines invade Honduras

1911 U.S. helps overthrow President Miguel Devila of Honduras

1911 Honduras signs treaty turning over customs to U.S. (not ratified)

1907 U.S. invades Honduras

1903 Ramon Ernesto Cruz Ucles, Honduras president, 1971-72, ; overthrown

1895 El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form Central American Union

1895 Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras form a short-lived confederation

1894 Nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of)

1849 British seize Tigre Island in Gulf of Fonseca from Honduras

1838 Honduras declares independence of Central American Federation

1821 Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua gain independ

1798 British Honduras beats Spain in battle of St. George


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