Nicaragua important events 1800s

Nicaragua important events in 1800s

(1806) the Spanish king set boundaries between Honduras and Nicaragua

(1821) Nicaragua became independent; incorporated into the Mexican empire

(1823) United Provinces of Central America (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador) gained independence from Mexico

(1838) Nicaragua fully independent

(1855) William Walker, US adventurer, stormed into Granada, Nicaragua

(1856) William Walker declared himself president of Nicaragua; Battle of San Jacinto, Nicaragua defeated invaders

(1860) William Walker, conqueror of Nicaragua, convicted and executed by the government of Honduras; British cede control over the country's Caribbean coast to Nicaragua

(1885) Managua, Nicaragua leveled by earthquake

(1893) General Jose Santos Zelaya, liberal, seized power and established dictatorship

(1896) US Marines landed in Nicaragua to protect US citizens in the wake of a revolution