FormationThe 1830s

Formation in the 1830s

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged formation — origins, unifications and the founding of states as each nation's archive records them, narrowed to the 1830s — 4 of them, drawn from 4 nations, running from 1830 to 1833. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
4
Nations
4
Earliest
1830
Latest
1833
South America
3
Europe
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. — South America:

    Ecuador

    Republic of Ecuador founded

    An assembly in Quito separates the southern district from Gran Colombia and founds the Republic of Ecuador, with Juan Jose Flores as first president.

    Era: The Light of America: Independence and the Republic

    Sources: History of Ecuador · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Gran Colombia · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  2. — South America:

    Venezuela

    Separation from Gran Colombia

    As Gran Colombia dissolves and Bolivar dies, Jose Antonio Paez leads Venezuela to declare itself a separate republic and becomes its first president.

    Era: The Cradle of Independence and Simon Bolivar

    Sources: Jose Antonio Paez · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Venezuela · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  3. — Europe:

    Belgium

    Leopold I, first King of the Belgians

    The German prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg was installed as the first king and took his constitutional oath on 21 July 1831, a date still observed as Belgium's national day.

    Era: Revolution, Independence and the Guaranteed Neutral Kingdom

    Sources: Leopold I, king of Belgium · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Belgium: History · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  4. — South America:

    Falkland Islands

    Britain re-establishes control (founding of continuous administration)

    A British force required the small Argentine garrison to leave Port Louis and re-asserted British control — the start of continuous British administration, which Argentina contests as illegitimate occupation.

    Era: Buenos Aires, Vernet, and 1833

    Sources: Falkland Islands — History · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Our History · Falkland Islands Government, The South Atlantic Crisis, 1982 (Conflict over the Falkland Islands / Islas Malvinas) · U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, 188 years of illegal occupation of the Malvinas Islands · Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto, Argentina