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On October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus arrived to the Americas for the first time. This event was of such great importance that it forever changed the development of both worlds.
Christopher Columbus never realized in his lifetime that he had not arrived to the East Indies, from which the erroneous term Indian in reference to indigenous Americans comes. -
Huayna Capac expands north to Ecuador and Colombia; dies in small pox epidemic which launches a civil war between his two sons Huascar (Peru).
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The Spanish colonized the area of Nueva Granada (modern Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela).
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1532: Atahualpa wins civil war and becomes the leader of Tawantinsuyu.
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1532: Francisco Pizarro captures Atahualpa, ending the Inca Empire.
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Aug 29, Francisco Pizarro captured Cuzco and completed his conquest of Peru. He ordered the imprisonment and murder of Atahualpa, the last ruler of the Inca Empire. Ruminahui (Rumanahui), a general of Atahualpa, led 15,000 soldiers into the mountains north of Quito, after Pizarro killed the Inca emperor Atahualpa. His forces carried an estimated 70,000 man-loads of gold.
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Spanish conquer Ecuador, which becomes part of the Spanish Vice-royalty of Peru.
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Dec 6, Quito, Ecuador, was founded by Spanish.
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Mar 10, Bishop Tomas de Berlanga discovered the Galapagos Islands.
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was an administrative unit in the Spanish Empire which had political, military, and religious jurisdiction over territories that today include Ecuador, parts of northern Peru, parts of southern Colombia and parts of northern Brazil. It was created by Royal Decree on 29 August 1563 by Philip II of Spain in the city of Guadalajara (Law X of Title XV of Book II of the Recopilación de Leyes de Indias).[1] It ended in 1822 with the incorporation of the area into the Republic of Gran Colombia.
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In Ecuador Andres Sanchez Gallque painted the New World’s first signed and dated portrait: “Don Francisco de la Robe and His sons Pedro and Domingo” (The Mulatto Gentlemen of Esmeraldas).
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Over the 160 years of its construction, the architects of La Compañía incorporated elements of four architectural styles, although the Baroque is the most prominent. Mudejar (Moorish) influence is seen in the geometrical figures on the pillars; the Churrigueresque characterizes much of the ornate decoration, especially in the interior walls; finally the Neoclassical style adorns the Chapel of Saint Mariana de Jesús (in early years a winery).
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A French expedition to South America was led by Charles-Marie de la Condamine. It produced the earliest maps of the northern part of the continent and led to the introduction of platinum and rubber to Europe. In 2004 Robert Whitaker authored “The Mapmaker’s Wife: A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon.” It was an account of Jean Godin (d.1792), the expedition’s mapmaker, and his wife, Isabel Grameson. The couple married in Quito in 1741.
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Mar, Jean Godin, French geographer, left Quito, part of the Viceroyalty of Peru (later Ecuador), in an attempt to reach France to settle his family estate. He traveled by an eastern route across South America and became stranded in French Guiana for over 20 years. In 2004 Robert Whitaker authored “The Mapmaker’s Wife: A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon.” It was an account of Jean Godin (d.1792), French mapmaker, and his wife, Isabel Godin. They managed to reunite in 1770.
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Oct 1, Isabel Godin, the wife of French surveyor Jean Godin, departed Riobamba, Ecuador, with an escort of 31 Indians in an effort to reach her husband in French Guiana.
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Jul 18, Isabel Godin, having traveled from Ecuador the length of the Amazon, reunited with her husband Jean Godin in French Guiana.
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Simon Bolivar, called "the Liberator," was a leader in Venezuela for struggles of national independence in South America. He formed a Gran Columbia that lasted 8 years but broke apart into Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador.
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Feb 4, Earthquake in Quito, Ecuador, some killed 40,000 people. Riobamba was destroyed.
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Aug 10, Ecuador struck its first blow for independence from Spain.
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is a name used today for the state that encompassed much of northern South America and part of southern Central America from 1819 to 1831. This short-lived republic included the territories of present-day Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Panama, northern Peru, western Guyana and northwest Brazil.
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Nov 25, A truce was signed at Trujillo. Gen. Antonio Jose de Sucre arranged the 6-month armistice on behalf of Bolivar. It was not recognized by the Spanish president of Quito.
