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INCAS OF PERU CONQUER THE CARAS PEOPLE, WHOSE GOOSE KIMDOM HAVE ITS CAPITAL QUITO
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Spanish led Francisco Pizarro land on Equadoran coast en route to Peru, where they defeat the Incas.
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Spanish conquered Ecuador, which become part of Spanish Vice- roality of Peru
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Ecuadorian middle class begins to push for Independence
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Antonio de Jose de Sucre, a follower of pro- independence Simon bolivar, defeats Spanish royalist at the batle of Pichincha; Ecuador becomes part of independent Gran Colombia, wich also encompasses Colombia, Panama and Venezuela.
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Ecuador leaves the Gran Colombia and becomes fully independence
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Peru invades part of the Amazonian mineral-rich province El Oro
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Ecuador cedes some 200,000 squere kilometers of disputed territory to Peru under the therms of the Rio Protocol
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Grouth in banana trade bring prosperity
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President Carlos Arosemena Monroy deposed by military junta, which implements social and economic reforms, including agrarian reform.
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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.
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New constitution promulgated.
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Former President Jose Maria Velasco elected president for the fifth time and, two years later, assumes dictatorial power in response to declining support.
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Oil production starts and Ecuador emerges as a significant oil producer; General Guillermo Rodriguez Lara becomes president after overthrowing Velasco.
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New constitution heralds return to democracy.
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Border war with Peru erupts, but ends with international arbitration.
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A deterioration of the economy due to falling oil prices leads to strikes, demonstrations and a state of emergency.
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President Leon Febres Cordero kidnapped and beaten up by the army in protest at policies of privatisation and public expenditure cuts.
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Indigenous peoples granted title to 2.5 million acres in Amazonia; Ecuador leaves the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries to increase its oil output.
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Vice-President Alberto Dahik Garzoni flees, seeks political asylum in Costa Rica to escape corruption charges.
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Abdala Bucaram Ortiz elected president.
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Fabian Alarcon becomes president after Bucaram is deposed by parliament on grounds of mental incapacity.
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Jamil Mahuad Witt elected president
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Vice-President Gustavo Noboa becomes president after Mahuad is forced to leave office by the army and indigenous protesters; Ecuador adopts the US dollar as its national currency in an effort to beat inflation and stabilise the economy.
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Ecuador declares state of emergency in Galapagos Islands after an oil spill from a stricken tanker threatens the islands' fragile ecological balance. The potential danger is, in the end, largely averted.