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  • Independence From Spain

    Independence From Spain
    In 1821, the country achieved independence from Spain as part of the First Mexican Empire, only to further secede as part of the Federal Republic of Central America in 1823.

  • United Provinces

    United Provinces
    El Salvador becomes part of the United Provinces of Central America, which also includes Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.

  • Salvadorian Peasant Massacre

    Salvadorian Peasant Massacre
    Some 30,000 people are killed during the suppression of a peasant uprising led by Agustine Farabundo Marti.

  • PCN

    PCN
    Right-wing National Conciliation Party (PCN) comes to power after a military coup.

  • Assassination

    Assassination
    Archbishop of San Salvador and human rights campaigner Oscar Romero assassinated; Jose Napoleon Duarte becomes first civilian president since 1931.

  • Presidential Election

    Presidential Election
    Duarte wins presidential election.

  • Earthquakes

    Earthquakes
    Two massive earthquakes kill 1,200 people and render another one million homeless

  • Iraq

    Iraq
    360 Salvadoran troops dispatched to Iraq.

  • Prison Riot

    Prison Riot
    21 inmates are killed in a riot at a maximum-security prison west of the capital.

  • Civil War Massacre

    Civil War Massacre
    Government apologies for civil war massacre of more than 1,000 people in the town of El Mozote. The massacre happened in 1981.