Honduras gains independence from Spain, but becomes part of Mexico
Honduras joins the United Provinces /of Central America
Honduras becomes an independent nation
US becomes economically involved with Honduras
General Tiburcio Carias Andino becomes dictator of Honduras
Colonel Osvaldo Lopez Arellano takes power after leading a coup
Short war with El Salvador over immigration and borders
Lopez resigns after allegedly accepting a bribe from a US company
Colonel Juan Alberto Melgar Castro takes power
Melgar ousted in coup led by General Policarpo Paz Garcia
General Paz signs peace treaty with El Salvador
Roberto Suazo Cordova of the centrist Liberal Party of Honduras is elected president
Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries launch operations to bring down Nicaragua's Sandinista government from Honduran territory
General Alvarez responds to increasing political unrest by ordering the detention of trade union activists and left-wing sympathisers
General Alvarez is deposed amid anti-American demonstrations in Tegucigalpa
Jose Azcona del Hoyo is elected president after the law was changed to stipulate a maximum one-term presidency
Amnesty granted both to military and left-wing guerrillas for abuses committed during early 1980s
An Amnesty International report alleges an increase in human rights violations by armed forces and right-wing death squads
Inter-American Court of Human Rights finds Honduran government guilty of "disappearances" of Honduran citizens between 1981 and 1984
General Alvarez is assassinated by left-wing guerrillas in Tegucigalpa
Summit of Central American presidents in El Salvador reaches agreement on demobilisation of Nicaraguan Contras based in Honduras
Rafael Callejas sworn in as president; proceeds to introduce neo-liberal economic reforms and austerity measures
Last Nicaraguan Contras leave Honduras
International Court of Justice gives ruling establishing new boundaries between Honduras and El Salvador
Government sets up commission to investigate alleged human rights violations by military
Liberal Party candidate and veteran rights activist Carlos Reina elected president
Compulsory military service abolished
First military officers charged with human rights abuses
Carlos Flores of the Liberal Party elected president; pledges to restructure armed forces
Control of police transferred from military to civilian authorities
Hurricane Mitch devastates Honduras
Armed forces placed under civilian control
Congress ratifies 1986 maritime agreement with Colombia settling claims over the Caribbean Sea
Honduras and Nicaragua agree to halt ground troop deployments and pull out naval forces from the Caribbean sea pending resolution of a border dispute
Supreme Court rules that atrocities committed during 1980s are not covered by amnesty of 1987
More than 1,000 street children were murdered in 2000 by death squads backed by the police
UN calls on government to prevent extrajudicial killings of hundreds of children and teenagers
Ricardo Maduro inaugurated as president
Honduras re-establishes diplomatic ties with Cuba
Congress votes to send troops to Iraq
Honduras agrees on a free trade agreement with the US
Prison fire at San Pedro Sula kills more than 100 inmates
Honduran troops withdraw from Iraq
Suspected gang members massacre 28 bus passengers in the northern city of Chamalecon
Tropical Storm Gamma kills more than 30 people and forces tens of thousands from their homes
Manuel Zelaya is declared the winner of presidential elections
Free trade deal with the US comes into effect
Honduras and neighbouring El Salvador inaugurate their newly-defined border
President Zelaya orders all the country's radio and TV stations to carry government propaganda for two hours a day for 10 days to counteract what he says is a campaign of misinformation
The International Court of Justice in the Hague settles a long-running territorial dispute between Honduras and Nicaragua
President Manuel Zelaya visits Cuba
Longtime US ally Honduras joins the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas
President Manuel Zelaya is removed by the military and forced into exile
Mr Zelaya makes a surprise return to Honduras, taking refuge in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa
Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo Sosa of the conservative National Party wins presidential election
Congress rejects proposal that Mr Zelaya be allowed to return to office
Mr Zelaya goes into exile in the Dominican Republic
Supreme Court dismisses charges against six military commanders who expelled Mr Zelaya from the country in June 2009
Government says it has restored diplomatic ties with 29 countries following its isolation after the coup
US resumes aid programme suspended after the coup
"Truth commission" begins investigating Mr Zelaya's removal from office in 2009, and concludes it was a coup
International Criminal Court investigates allegations of human rights abuses during the 2009 coup
Mexico, Honduras agree to work together to prevent attacks on illegal migrants from Honduras, many of whom are kidnapped on their way to the US
Mr Zelaya returns from exile
Police and troops deploy in the Aguan Valley amid deadly clashes between land owners and farm workers