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Tómas Villabla born in Dolores, Uruguay.
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Career as Assistant to the Ministry of Government and Foreign Affairs begins.
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Villalba, currently acting as First Lieutenant of the National Guard of Colonia wins the battle of Carpentry.
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Villalba appointed commander and political leader of Colonia.
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President Giró appoints Villalba to political and police chief of Colonia. Shortly after, he is appointed to the police chief of the full county of the department of Soriano.
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Villalba appointed political leader of Cerro Largo (another county of Uruguay). He began regulating the layout of the streets of Melo, giving them a width of 18 rods. He also intervened to prevent the crimes of Brazilian border criminals who kidnapped Black people in Uruguayan territory.
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Villalba becomes government inspector for the first credit institutions in the nation.
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Villalba was minister of finance under president Berro.
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Villalba helped pass the law to adopt the metric system in Uruguay
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Villalba elected Senator in 1863. In 1865, he was elected President of the Senate.
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Tomás Villalba is elected as interim president, following Anastasio Aquirre. Villalba steps down after 5 days, after signing a peace accord with Venancio Flores which included a general amnesty, for Blancos and Colorados, general elections, retreat of Brazilian troops, and integrity of the national territory. Flores was then elected president by the senate. The Uruguayan Civil War ended with Villalba's presidency,
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Flores appoints Villalba State General Accountant and General Commissioner of Banks.
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Villalba publishes report about Uruguayan banking industry.
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After publishing the report, Villalba made a decree creating banking regulations for the first time in Uruguayan history.
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Villalba dies suddenly at his home on Itruzaingó Street in Montevideo – his house was given to him by the government as a gift for harboring peace during his presidency.