📅 10 May 1795
At the Macanillas estate in Curimagua, enslaved and free Afro-descendant and Indigenous people rose against colonial rule. The insurgents called for abolition of slavery, an end to alcabala...
📅 12 May 1795
After new outbreaks of violence on 12 May, colonial authorities intensified repression. The Coro revolt was defeated, but its demands for freedom, abolition of slavery, and the removal of burdensome...
📅 20 February 1859
Tirso Salaverría and a small group of federalists seized the Coro barracks, took weapons, and proclaimed the Federation, beginning the conflict known as the Federal War. Later Venezuelan reference...
📅 25 February 1859
Following the seizure of Coro and proclamation of the Federation, federal insurgents constituted a provisional government in the province. Its published program included freedom of worship, press, and...
