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1811 Paraguay declares independence from Spain.
1844 Carlos Antonio Lopez becomes dictator of Paraguay.
1850 Entre Ríos Province in Argentina revolts - it is backed by Brazil in alliance with Paraguay and the Uruguayan Colorado Party
1851 Dictator Rosas overthrown in Argentina. New government recognizes independent Paraguay. New Blanco government in Uruguay
1859 Paraguay mediates a truce between Buenos Aires government and the Argentinean Confederation
1862 Francisco Solano López becomes Paraguayan dictator
1864 Brazil invades Uruguay in support of Venancio Flores. Paraguay attacks Brazil.
1865 Triple Alliance of Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay against Paraguay is formally signed - War of the Triple Alliance has already begun.
1866 Paraguay successfully defends Curupaity against the Triple Alliance, scoring more than 5000 with just about 50 casualties.
1867 War of the Triple Alliance in Paraguay
1868 War of the Triple Alliance: Brazilian Army commander Luís Alves de Lima e Silva enters Asunción, Paraguay's capital. Some days later he declares the war is over. Nevertheless, Francisco Solano López, Paraguay's president, prepares guerrillas fight in the countryside
1868 War of the Triple Alliance: Brazilian Army commander Luís Alves de Lima e Silva enters Asunción, Paraguay's capital. Some days later he declares the war is over. Nevertheless, Francisco Solano López, Paraguay's president, prepares guerrillas fight in the countryside
1870 Francisco Solano López' last troops cornered by Triple Alliance troops at Cerro Cora. López refuses to surrender and is killed. Fighting ends in Paraguay - the War of the Triple Alliance is over
1872 In the aftermath of the War of the Triple Alliance, new government of Paraguay makes peace with Brazil, grant reparations and territorial concessions
1876 Paraguay makes peace with Argentina after the War of the Triple Alliance.
1878 US arbitration rejects Argentinean claims to Paraguay's part of Chaco region
1882 Peace treaty between Paraguay and Uruguay
1932 Chaco war between Bolivia and Paraguay
1933 Paraguay declares war on Bolivia
1945 Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru join the United Nations.
1980 Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay.
1989 A military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay since 1954.
1999 Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña.
2004 A supermarket fire in Asunción, Paraguay, kills about 400 and leaves over 100 missing.
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