A TIMELINE OF BOLIVIA
By Tim Lambert
c 400 BC The city of Tiahuanaco is founded
700 AD Tiahuanaco rules an empire in Bolivia
c 1000 AD The empire breaks up
1533 The Spaniards conquer Bolivia
1545 Silver is discovered
1548 La Paz is founded
1780 The indigenous people of Bolivia rebel
1782 The rebellion is crushed
1809 Bolivia rebels against Spanish rule
1825 Bolivia becomes independent
1836 The president tries to unite Bolivia with Peru but the attempt fails
1880 The Chileans crush the Bolivians at the battle of Tacna
1884 Bolivia loses a strip of coast she controlled and becomes a landlocked country
1899 Liberals in Bolivia rise in rebellion
1920 The Conservatives stage a coup in Bolivia
1932-35 Bolivia fights a war with Paraguay
1936 Army officers stage a coup in Bolivia
1943 Another coup takes place
1946 A rebellion takes place
1952 Another rebellion occurs in Bolivia
1964 The army stages another coup
1982 Hernando Siles becomes president of Bolivia
2005 Evo Morales is elected president of Bolivia