about 5500 B.C.		different tribes live in Honduras.
about Fifth Century		Maya population with center at Copán.
800 A.D.		Copán was apparently abandoned.
1502		Columbus sailed past the Islas de la Bahía (Bay Islands) and shortly thereafter reached the mainland of Central America.
1537		Major uprising after gold and silver was discovered as more native people were forced to labor.
1539		end of uprising after the leader Lempira was murdered.
1569		Tegucigalpa was founded.
1570		Comayagua became capitol of Honduras.
1786		Anglo-Spanish Convention of 1786 gave definitive recognition to Spanish sovereignty over the Caribbean coast of Honduras.
15 September 1821		Honduras and Guatemala declare their independence from Spain and became members of the Empire of Mexico.
July 1823		United Provinces of Central America (Costa Rica, El Salcador, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Honduras) declared their independence from Mexico.
15 November 1838		Independence from the UPCA was declared, and in January 1839, an independent constitution was formally adopted.
1880		The capitol was tranfered to Tegucigalpa.
1906		The friendship pact with Guatemala and El Salvador was signed.
1907		The five presidents of Costa Rica, El Salcador, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Honduras signed the General Treaty of Peace and Amity of 1907 pledging themselves to establish the Permanent Central American Court of Justice.
1911		An uprising in against President Dávila led to a U.S. intervention and mediation of a cease-fire.
1918		Honduras declared war on Germany.
1923		General Treaty of Peace and Amity was signed by Nicargua, El Salvador and Honduras.
1930		Honduras had become the world's leading producer of the fruit, accounting for one-third of the world's supply of bananas.
16 November 1932		Tiburcio Carías Andino became president, beginning what was to be the longest period of continuous rule by an individual in Honduran history.
January 1949		Juan Manuel Gálvez followed Carias as president and expanded the economy.
May 1954		Strikes brought the banana industry in the country to a near standstill.
21 October 1956		The armed forces, led by the commanders of the army and air force academies and by Major Roberto Gálvez, ousted Lozano Díaz and set up a military junta to rule the country.
3 October 1963		General Oswaldo López Arellano led a military coup to oust President Ramón Villeda Morales.
14 July 1969		Early on the morning of July 14, 1969, El Salvador started concerted military action in what came to be known as the Soccer War.
18 July 1969		A cease-fire was arranged on the night of July 18.
7 August 1978		Melgar Castro and his cabinet were replaced by a three-member junta, led by General Policarpo Paz García.
21 May 1985		President Suazo Córdova and United States President Ronald W. Reagan signed a joint communiqué for the temporary use of facilities at Palmerola Air Base near Comayagua.
7 August 1987		The Central American Peace Agreement, variously referred to as "Esquipulas II" or the "Arias Plan" was signed by the presidents of Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
1990		Rafael Leonardo Callejas (Nationale Partei, NP) became president.
27 January 1994		Carlos Roberto Reina Idiaquez (Partido Liberal, PL) became president.
1 January 1998		Carlos Roberto Flores Facussé (Partido Liberal, PL) became president.
November 2001		Nacional candidate Ricardo Maduro recovered the presidency for his party.