Today in Paraguay History
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Historical Events
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1535-08-15 - Asunción, Paraguay founded
1537-08-15 - Asunción, Paraguay, is founded.
1617-12-16 - Spanish viceroy Hernando Arias de Saavedra founds provinces Rio de la Plata (Argentina)/Guaira (Paraguay)
1811-05-14 - Paraguay gains independence from Spain (Natl Day)
1866-03-01 - Paraguayan canoes sink 2 Brazilian ironclads on Rio Parana
1866-10-22 - Paraguay: Battle of Curupaytí against Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.
1869-08-16 - Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguay battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the War of the Triple Alliance.
1917-09-20 - Paraguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1930-09-29 - Boquerón battle ends Paraguay border dispute
1933-05-10 - Paraguay declares war on Bolivia
1933-12-20 - Bolivia & Paraguay sign weapon cease fire
1935-06-12 - Weapons pact ends 3 year war of Gran Chaco (Bolivia vs Paraguay)
1935-06-14 - Chaco War between Bolivia & Paraguay ends
1945-02-14 - Peru, Paraguay, Chile & Ecuador joins UN
1947-05-07 - Paraguayian govt unleashes contra revolt
1954-05-05 - Military coup by general Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay
1954-08-15 - Alfredo Stroessner names himself president of Paraguay
1959-05-30 - Pres Stroessner disbands Paraguay's parliament
1967-08-25 - Paraguay accepts its constitution
1987-03-15 - US Davis Cup team loses to Paraguay
1988-02-14 - Alfredo Stroessner re-elected president of Paraguay
1989-02-03 - Military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay
1991-12-01 - Colorado party wins Paraguay parliamentary election
1993-05-09 - Paraguay holds its 1st pres & parliamentary elections in 50 years
1999-03-23 - Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña.
2004-08-01 - A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 in Asunción, Paraguay.
Famous Birthdays
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1576-11-17 - Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628)
1790-11-04 - Carlos A Lopez, president of Paraguay (1844-62)
1826-07-24 - Francisco S Lopez, [Tiran], president of Paraguay (1862-70)
1882-07-18 - Manuel Galvez, Argentina writer/poet/historian (Paraguay)
1912-11-03 - Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay (1954-89)
1951-05-30 - Fernando Lugo, Paraguayan politician
1955-10-15 - Victor Pecci, Paraguay, tennis star
1956-10-11 - Nicanor Duarte Frutos, President of Paraguay
1958-05-31 - Angel Franco, Asuncion Paraguay, golfer (1993 Nike Dominion)
1965-07-27 - José Luis Chilavert, Paraguayan footballer
1971-03-11 - Marta Lovera Parquet, Miss Universe-Paraguay (1996)
1974-03-27 - Rosanna Gimenez, Miss Paraguay Universe (1997)
1981-08-16 - Roque Santa Cruz, Paraguayan footballer
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 10 of 10
1628-11-15 - Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (b. 1576)
1839-09-20 - Jose Gaspar de Francia, dictator of Paraguay (1816-39), dies at 74
1862-09-10 - Carlos A Lopez, president of Paraguay (1844-62), dies at 71
1870-03-01 - Francisco S Lopez, Pres of Paraguay (1862-70), dies at 43
1870-05-01 - Francisco Solano Lopez, fieldmarshal/president of Paraguay
1980-09-17 - Anastasio Somoza, former Nicaraguan Pres, assassinated in Paraguay
1997-04-21 - Andres Rodriguez, Paraguayan president (1989-93), dies
1999-03-23 - Luis María Argaña, Paraguayan politician (b. ?)
2005-04-26 - Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan author (b. 1917)
2006-08-16 - Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (b. 1912)
