State

Honduras

sovereign state in Central America

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1821–1945
Founded
1821
Capital
Tegucigalpa
Government
republic
Languages
Spanish
Preceded by
State of HondurasMosquitia

Overview

Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea. Its capital and largest city is Tegucigalpa.

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All rulers (51)

  1. Francisco Morazán1829
  2. Juan Francisco de Molina1839
  3. José María Guerrero de Arcos y Molina1839
  4. Mariano Garrigó1839
  5. Felipe Neri Medina1839
  6. Juan José Alvarado1839
  7. José María Bustillo1839
  8. Francisco Zelaya y Ayes1839–1841
  9. Francisco Ferrera1841–1842
  10. Francisco Ferrera1843–1844
  11. Coronado Chávez1845–1847
  12. Juan Lindo y Zelaya1847–1852
  13. José Trinidad Cabañas1852–1855
  14. Francisco Gómez1852
  15. José Santiago Bueso1855
  16. Francisco de Aguilar1855–1856
  17. José Santos Guardiola1856–1862
  18. Victoriano Castellanos Cortés1862
  19. José Francisco Montes1862
  20. José María Medina1863
  21. Francisco Inestroza1863–1864
  22. José María Medina1864–1872
  23. Francisco Cruz Castro1869–1870
  24. Céleo Arias1872–1874
  25. Ponciano Leiva1874–1876
  26. Marco Aurelio Soto1876–1883
  27. José María Medina1876
  28. Crescencio Gómez1876
  29. Marcelino Mejía1876
  30. Luis Bográn1883–1891
  31. Ponciano Leiva1891–1893
  32. Domingo Vásquez1893–1894
  33. Policarpo Bonilla1894–1899
  34. Terencio Sierra1899–1903
  35. Manuel Bonilla1903–1907
  36. Juan Ángel Arias Boquín1903
  37. Miguel Oquelí Bustillo1907
  38. Miguel R. Dávila1907–1911
  39. Francisco Bertrand1911–1912
  40. Manuel Bonilla1912–1913
  41. Francisco Bertrand1913–1919
  42. Francisco Bográn1919–1920
  43. Salvador Aguirre1919
  44. Vicente Mejía Colindres1919
  45. Rafael López Gutiérrez1920–1924
  46. Francisco Bueso1924
  47. Vicente Tosta1924–1925
  48. Tiburcio Carías1924
  49. Miguel Paz Barahona1925–1929
  50. Vicente Mejía Colindres1929–1933
  51. Tiburcio Carías1933–1949

Records (36)

  1. 1779 — Battle of San Fernando de OmoaBattle
  2. 1779 — Action of 12 December 1779Naval battle
  3. 1782 — Battle of RoatánBattle
  4. 1826–1829 — First Central American Civil WarWar
  5. 1827 — Battle of La TrinidadBattle
  6. 1840 — Battle of El PotreroBattle · Honduras ▸ El Salvador
  7. 1844–1845 — Malespín's WarWar
  8. 1844 — Battle of DanliBattle · Honduran Government ▸ Honduran Rebels
  9. 1844 — Battle of Nacaome (1st)Battle · Honduras ▸ General Joaqin Rivera
  10. 1845 — Battle of ComayaguaBattle · Honduras ▸ El Salvador
  11. 1851 — Battle of La AradaBattle
  12. 1856 — Battle of MasaguaraBattle · Guatemala ▸ Honduras
  13. 1860 — Battle of TrujilloBattle · Honduras ▸ Filibusters
  14. 1861 — Guerra de los PadresRebellion
  15. 1863 — Battle of San SalvadorBattle · Guatemala, Nicaragua ▸ El Salvador
  16. 1863 — Battle of Santa Rosa, HondurasBattle · Guatemala, Nicaragua ▸ Honduras
  17. 1871 — Honduran-Salvadoran War of 1871War
  18. 1871 — Battle of Santa AnaBattle · Salvadoran Rebels, Honduras ▸ El Salvador
  19. 1872 — Battle of ComayaguaBattle · El Salvador, Guatemala ▸ Honduras
  20. 1874 — Battle of ComayaguaBattle · Guatemala ▸ Honduras
  21. 1876 — Battle of La EsperanzaBattle · former President Jose Maria Medina ▸ President Ponciano Levia
  22. 1876 — Battle of San Marcos, HondurasBattle · Honduras ▸ Honduran Rebels
  23. 1885 — Barrios' War of ReunificationWar
  24. 1894 — Battle of CholutecaBattle · Honduras ▸ Nicaragua, Honduran Rebels
  25. 1894 — Battle of TegucicalpaBattle · Nicaragua, Honduran Rebels ▸ Honduras
  26. 1895 — Amapala PactTreaty
  27. 1903 — Battle of NacaomeBattle · Presidential claimant Manuel Bonilla ▸ former President Terencio Sierra
  28. 1907 — Battle of MaraitaBattle · Nicaragua ▸ Honduras
  29. 1907 — Battle of NamasigueBattle · Nicaragua ▸ El Salvador, Honduras
  30. 1907 — Battle of San Marcos de ColonBattle · Nicaragua ▸ Honduras
  31. 1919 — First Honduran Civil WarWar
  32. 1919 — Battle of San Pedro SulaBattle
  33. 1919 — Battle of Santa Rosa de CopanBattle · Costa Rica ▸ Costa Rican Rebels
  34. 1924 — Second Honduran Civil WarWar
  35. 1924 — Battle of TegucicalpaBattle · Honduran Rebels ▸ Honduras
  36. 1944 — San Pedro Sula massacreMassacre

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