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Honduras Timeline
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Honduras History Timeline
1502
1502
Christopher Columbus lands in Honduras. The territory was claimed for the kind of Spain on his fourth and final trip.
1525
Spain begins its conquest of Honduras. They accomplish to take Honduras in 1539 after bitter struggles with the native population rivals.
1821
Honduras gains independence from Spain but becomes a part of Mexico. Was part of the first Mexican Empire until 1823.
1823
Honduras joins the United Provinces of Central America
1823
1840
Honduras becomes fully independent.
1840
1981
Roberto Suazo Cordova is elected president and leads the first civilian government in more than a century.
1981
1982-83
General Alvarez responds to increasing political unrest by ordering the detention of trade union activists and left-wing sympathizers.
1986
Another liberal man, Jose Azcona del Hoyo is elected president after the law is changed to a maximum of one-term presidency
1987-88
Amnesty granted to both military and left-wing guerillas for abuses committed in early 1980's. An Amnesty report shows an increase in human rights violations by armed forces and right-wing death squads.
1993
Liberal Party candidate and veteran right activists Carlos Reina is elected for president. He pledges to reform the judicial system and limit power of armed forces.
2006
Free trade deal with the US comes into effect. Honduras and neighboring El Salvador inaugurate their newly defined border.
2008
Honduras joins the Bolivian Alternative for the Americas in Latin America led by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. President Manuel Zelaya said he was forced to join to try and tackle chronic poverty forcing him to seek aid from Venezuela.
2009
President Zelaya is removed by the military and forced into exile. Congress rejects the proposal to allow Zelaya back in office.
2012
Thousands protest the wave of violence against protesters. Two notorious gangs in Honduras agree to a truce and promise to end the violence.
2014
The US boosts aid and speeds up deportations to cope with the growing number of immigrants from Central America, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador.
2015
Tens of thousands of Hondurans march in the capital demanding the resignation of President Juan Orlando Hernandez over claims that he received millions of dollars from the country's public health system for his 2013 election campaign.
2016
Indigenous leader and respected environmental rights activist Berta Caceres is killed in his home in Esperanza.
Sources
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-18974519
https://history.state.gov/countries/honduras