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1516
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Alejo Garcia becomes the first European to set foot on Paraguay.
1750
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Treaty of Madrid, between Spain and Portuagal gives Brazil the Jesuit missions previously under Paraguayean protection.
1811
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Paraguay's Declaration of Independance is announced on May 15.
1864
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Paraguay is defeated in the war of the Triple Alliance, losing more than half it's population and sufffering six years of occupation by Argentina and Brazil.
1993
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Juan Carlos Wasmoy becomes the first civilian elected president of Paraguay under the new constitution.
1998
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Raul Cubas tries to pardon Oviedo provoking a constitutional crisis; Vice President Luis Maria Agana, a critic of Cubas and Oviedo is assasinated.
2001
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Paraguayan and U.S. authorities crack down on alleged Muslim terrorist cells operating along a tri-border region.
2006
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Luis Gonzalez Macchi is convicted of banking violations and sentenced to six years in jail.
2008
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Fernando Lugo is elected president, ending over 60 years of Colorado Party rule.
2010
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Mercosur member- states, sign a free Trade Agreement with Israel.