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