Ecuador

By mason carr
  • 1531

    Ecuador

    Spanish troops led by Francisco Pizarro land on Ecuadoran coast en route to Peru, where they defeat the Incas.
  • 1534

    Ecuador

    Spaniards conquer Ecuador, which becomes part of the Spanish Vice-Royalty of Peru.

  • Ecuador

    Ecuadoran middle class begins to push for independence.

  • Ecuador

    Antonio Jose de Sucre, a follower of the independence leader Simon Bolivar, defeats Spanish royalists at the battle of Pichincha; Ecuador becomes part of independent Gran Colombia, which also encompasses Colombia, Panama and Venezuela.

  • Ecuador

    Ecuador leaves Gran Colombia and becomes fully independent.

  • Ecuador

    Peru invades part of the Amazonian mineral-rich province of El Oro.

  • Ecuador

    Ecuador cedes some 200,000 square kilometers of disputed territory to Peru under the terms of the Rio Protocol.

  • Ecuador

    Growth in banana trade brings prosperity.

  • Ecuador

    President Carlos Arosemena Monroy deposed by military junta, which implements agrarian reform.

  • Ecuador

    Interim government takes over from military junta, which was forced to step down following violent demonstrations and harsh retaliation; newly elected constituent assembly chooses Otto Arosemena Gomez as head of state.