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Dateline

  • 2000 B.C.-A.D. 1000 Maya civilization flourishes.
  • A.D. 200-900 Maya Classical period; Tikal at its peak.
  • 562 Caracol defeats Tikal.
  • 1502 Columbus sails along the coast of Guatemala.
  • 1511 The Spanish conquest of the Yucatan begins.
  • 1776 The capital is moved to Guatemala City after a massive earthquakes rock Antigua.
  • 1821 Guatemala gains independence from Spain, becoming part of Mexico.
  • 1823 Guatemala becomes independent from Mexico.
  • 1859 The border between Guatemala and British Honduras (now Belize) is established.
  • 1871 Justo Rufino Barrios overthrows government, begins period of modernizing reform.
  • 1948 Guatemala, laying claim to British Honduras, closes the border.
  • 1954 Democratically elected President Jacobo Arbenz overthrown in CIA-sponsored coup.
  • 1967 Poet, novelist, and ambassador Miguel Angel Asturias wins Nobel Prize for Literature.
  • 1982 General Efraín Ríos Montt seizes power in a coup.
  • 1983 Rigoberta Menchú publishes I, Rigoberta.
  • 1987 Central American presidents sign peace accords in Esquipulas.
  • 1992 Menchú awarded Nobel Peace Prize.
  • 1996 Guatemalan government and leftist rebels sign Accords for Firm and Lasting Peace.
  • 1999 President Clinton apologizes for U.S. role in the Guatemalan conflict.
  • 2002 Ex-Patrulleros de la Autodefensa Civil blockade Petén region.
  • 2005 Torrential rains kill more than 1,000 people. Damage is worst around Lake Atitlán.
  • 2006 Guatemala up against Venezuela for UN Security Council seat.


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