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Historical Timeline for Panama - A chronology of key events
Panama Timeline[edit | edit source]
Date | Event |
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Pre-Columbian period[edit | edit source] | |
9000 years BC | First settlements in the isthmus. |
1500 years BC | Beginning of slash-and-burn agriculture. |
The first Spanish expeditions in search of a strait to the Indies[edit | edit source] | |
1501 | Bastidas explores the coasts of Darién. |
1502 | Christopher Columbus explores the regions of Bocas, Veraguas and Portobelo. Ephemeral foundation of Nuestra Señora la Antigua de Belén. |
The conquest of the Isthmus and the discovery of the South Sea[edit | edit source] | |
1510 | Diego de Nicuesa founds Nombre de Dios and then Santa María la Antigua del Darién. |
1513 | Discovery of the South Sea (Pacific) by Vasco Nuñez de Balboa. |
1519 | Foundation of the city of Panamá la Vieja and first transits through the isthmus by the Camino Real to Nombre de Dios. |
1519-24 | Exploration of the Pacific coasts from Panama. |
1524-35 | Expeditions to Peru and the first looting of the Inca Empire. |
1519-end of the 16th century | Continuous increase in inter-oceanic transit via the isthmus between Panamá and Nombre de Dios then Portobelo. Development of piracy in the region. |
1596 | Destruction of Nombre de Dios by Francis Drake. |
17th-mid-18th century | Portobelo trade fairs and privateer attacks. |
1671 | Destruction of the city of Panamá ("Panamá la Vieja") by the pirate Henry Morgan. |
1673 | Foundation of "Panamá la Nueva". |
1739 | Destruction of Portobelo by Edward Vernon. End of fairs. |
Independence from Spain and attachment to Greater Colombia[edit | edit source] | |
1821 | Independence of the isthmus on November 28. |
1840 | Separatist movement led by Tomás Herrera. |
Major works and independence of Panama[edit | edit source] | |
1850-1855 | Construction of the first transcontinental railway line. |
1880-1889 / 1894-1898 | French attempt to build the canal. |
1999-1902 | Thousand Day War across Colombia. |
1903 | Independence of Panama from Colombia. Treaty of Hay-Bunau-Varilla. |
1904-1914 | Construction of the canal resumes by the United States. |
Political instability and nationalist pushes until 1968[edit | edit source] | |
1914-1940 | Emergence of nationalist demands concerning the canal and the Canal Zone. |
1940-45 | Prosperous period and major works by the American army. |
1950-60 | Political instability. The United States makes some concessions regarding the canal. |
1964 | Breakdown of diplomatic relations with the United States following the bloody repression of a student demonstration in the Canal Zone. |
Authoritarian regime of General Omar Torrijos[edit | edit source] | |
1968-1981 | Coup d'Etat against Arnulfo Arias and establishment of a progressive military regime. |
1977 | Signature of the Torrijos-Carter treaties for the gradual return to Panama of the territory of the Canal Zone. |
1981 | Death of General Torrijos in a suspicious plane crash. |
Dictatorship of General Noriega[edit | edit source] | |
1984-1989 | Military regime and puppet presidents. Institutionalization of trafficking and money laundering. Attempts to destabilize the regime by the United States. |
1989 | Operation "Juste Cause". The bombings cause considerable human and financial damage. Arrest of the dictator sentenced in the United States to 40 years in prison for drug trafficking. |
Back to democracy[edit | edit source] | |
1990-1998 | Return to democracy and implementation of neoliberal economic policies. Election of presidents Endara and Balladares in transparency. Return of foreign investment and tourism. |
1999 | Election of Mireya Moscoso, first woman President of the Republic. |
December 31, 1999. | Transfer of ownership of the canal and the inter-oceanic region to Panama. |
2004 | Electoral victory of the PRD (Partido Revolucionario Democrático). Martín Torrijos, the son of the late general, is elected President of the Republic. |
2006 | Referendum on the canal expansion works. |
2007 | Beginning of the canal expansion project. |
2009 | Elections of President Martinelli in May. |
2010 | Manuel Noriega is extradited to France and then sentenced to 7 years in prison for money laundering. |
2011 | Open conflict between President Martinelli and his Vice-President Juan Carlos Varela, both accusing each other of corruption. Varela is removed from his chair as Minister of Foreign Affairs. |
December 11 | Noriega was extradited and imprisoned in Panama. |
2012 | New corruption scandal involving the Martinelli government. |
2014 | Juan Carlos Varela is elected President of the Republic. |
2016 | The Panama Papers scandal comes to light. |
June 2016 | Inauguration of the new locks, Cocoli on the Pacific side and Agua Clara on the Atlantic side, after nine years of work. |
2017 | Died in Manuel Antonio Noriega prison on May 29, aged 83. |
June 2017 | Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli is arrested in Miami following the placing under telephone and electronic surveillance of some 150 political opponents. |
2018, May 14 | Norwegian Bliss becomes the largest cruise ship to use the Panama Canal. |
June 2018 | Martinelli is extradited by the United States to Panama and imprisoned. |
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