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January

Ciudad Ojeda

Frame from Muchachos bañándose...

January 1, 1873 – President Antonio Guzmán Blanco establishes civil marriage
January 1, 1976 – The government of Carlos Andrés Pérez nationalizes petroleum mining
January 1, 1983 – The Caracas Metro is inaugurated
January 1, 2008 – New legal tender, the bolívar fuerte (Bs. F.), is introduced
January 1, 1803 – Birth of Manuel Felipe de Tovar, politician, President of Venezuela (d. 1866)
January 1, 1953 – Birth of Fulgencio Obelmejias, boxer
January 1, 1965 – Death of Mariano Picón Salas, writer, diplomat and academic (b. 1901)
January 1, 2017 – Death of Memo Morales, singer (b. 1937)
January 2, 1814 – The National Assembly grants Simón Bolívar absolute power
January 2, 1969 – In Guyana (the Guayana Esequiba) the Rupununi Uprising begins, with Venezuelan rebels attempting to annex the land
January 2, 1962 – Birth of Iván Palazzese, Italian-Venezuelan racer (d. 1989)
January 3, 1959 – Birth of Rafael Arráiz Lucca, writer
January 3, 1965 – Birth of Luis Sojo, baseball player and coach
January 3, 1973 – Birth of Sandro Finoglio, actor, model, Mister Venezuela 1997 and Mister World 1998
January 4, 1971 – Birth of Juan Carlos García, model and actor
January 5, 2016 – In elections, the opposition gains control of the National Assembly
January 5, 2013 – Death of Joselo, actor and comedian (b. 1936)
January 6, 1967 – President Raúl Leoni opens the Angostura bridge, over the Orinoco River; it is the ninth suspension bridge in the world, and the first in Latin America
January 6, 2017 – Death of Octavio Lepage, politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1923)
January 6, 2014 – Death of Mónica Spear, actress, model, Miss Venezuela 2004 (b. 1984)
January 7, 1936 – The Orinoco Belt begins to be mined for petroleum
January 7, 1976 – Birth of Jean Paul Leroux, actor
January 7, 1982 – Birth of Francisco Rodríguez, baseball player
January 8, 1939 – Birth of Carolina Herrera, Venezuelan-American fashion designer
January 10, 1860 – Political leader Ezequiel Zamora is assassinated
January 14, 2005 – Death of Jesús Rafael Soto, sculptor and painter (b. 1923)
January 15, 1982 – Birth of Armando Galarraga, baseball player
January 18, 1929 – An earthquake destroys the city of Cumaná
January 18, 1986 – A plane crash in the jungles of Petén in Guatemala, near the Mayan ruins of Tikal kills all 110 people aboard, including the Venezuelan politician Arístides Calvani [es] and his family
January 19, 1937 – President Eleazar López Contreras announces the founding of Ciudad Ojeda as a central city on solid ground for the people of Lagunillas de Agua [es] to live
January 20, 1909 – Birth of Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, politician, President of Venezuela (d. 1950)
January 20, 1964 – Birth of Ozzie Guillén, Venezuelan-American baseball player and manager
January 20, 2012 – Death of Alejandro Rodriguez, Venezuelan-American pediatrician and psychiatrist (b. 1918)
January 21, 1905 – Venezuela breaks diplomatic relations with the United States and various European powers
January 21, 1982 – Birth of Richard José Blanco, footballer
January 22, 2005 – Death of César Gutiérrez, baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1943)
January 23, 1958 – After a general uprising and rioting in the streets, President Marcos Pérez Jiménez leaves Venezuela.
January 23, 2019 – Juan Guaidó announces he is Acting President of Venezuela in the Venezuelan presidential crisis
January 23, 1928 – Birth of Chico Carrasquel, baseball player and manager (d. 2005)
January 23, 1979 – Birth of Juan Rincón, baseball player and coach
January 24, 1848 – The Storming of the Venezuelan National Congress occurs, resulting in the deaths of various politicians
January 24, 1916 – Birth of Rafael Caldera, lawyer and politician, 65th President of Venezuela (d. 2009)
January 25, 2013 – At least 50 people are killed and 120 people are injured in a prison riot in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
January 26, 1943 – Birth of César Gutiérrez, baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2005)
January 26, 1981 – Birth of Gustavo Dudamel, violinist, composer, and conductor
January 26, 1901 – Birth of Mariano Picón Salas]], writer, diplomat and academic (d. 1965)
January 27, 1950 – Death of Henri François Pittier, Swiss-Venezuelan botanist who started Venezuelan National Park history (b. 1857)
January 28, 1897 – The first Venezuelan films, Un célebre especialista sacando muelas en el gran Hotel Europa and Muchachos bañándose en la laguna de Maracaibo are shown in the country, at the Baralt Theatre in Maracaibo
January 28, 1974 – Birth of Magglio Ordóñez, baseball player and politician
January 28, 1947 – Death of Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan-French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1875)
January 30, 1980 – Birth of Wilmer Valderrama, Venezuelan-American actor
January 30, 1995 – Birth of Víctor Sánchez, baseball player (d. 2015)
January 31, 1971 – Birth of Patricia Velásquez, model and actress
January 31, 1815 – Death of José Félix Ribas, soldier (b. 1775)

February

March

April

Páez commands the llaneros to attack the Spanish

April 2, 1819 – Battle of Las Queseras del Medio: José Antonio Páez defeats an army of Spanish royalists with 154 llaneros. There were only three casualties in his army.
April 5, 1941 – Venezuela and Colombia sign the Treaty of Demarcation of Frontiers and Navigation of Common Rivers, in which Venezuela conceded 108,000 km² of its territory to that country.
April 5, 1969 – Death of Rómulo Gallegos.
April 7, 1817 – Battle of La Casa Fuerte of Barcelona: After a siege that lasted several days, Royalist Juan de Aldana conducts a takeover of the Republican stronghold in Barcelona. The event was nicknamed the Massacre of La Casa Fuerte.
April 7, 1822 – Battle of Bomboná: Simón Bolívar, with 3,000 soldiers, defeats Basilio Modesto García, probably the most violent battle of Bolívar's campaign.
April 7, 1928 – A military uprising takes place, soon joined by students and other civilians, in the means of overthrowing the Juan Vicente Gómez dictatorship. The uprising ultimately failed.
April 8, 1843 – The Colonia Tovar is founded by 373 German immigrants. Manuel Felipe Tovar and Martín Tovar sponsored its creation, hence its name.
April 9, 1828 – The Ocaña Convention is established.
April 10, 1834 – The Law of Freedom of Contracts is passed on in the Congress. Also called the Law of Usury and Ley del 10 de abril, the law enabled moneylenders to set an interest rate to peasants urged of money.
April 10, 1929 – Death of Lisandro Alvarado, medician, historian, linguist and philologist.
April 11, 1817 – Battle of San Félix: Manuel Piar, with 2,200 troops, defeats Miguel de La Torre near La Mesa de Chirica.
April 11, 2002 – As a part of a general strike against the government of Hugo Chávez, a march tries to reach the Miraflores presidential palace, but its stopped and confronated by gunmen. As a product, a popular revolt broke out, with an estimated of 29 death and a unred wounded. By the end of the day, the leaders of the National Armed Forces rebelled against the government, leading to the toppling of Chávez several hours later.
April 12, 2002 – An interim government led by Pedro Carmona is established.
April 13, 2002 – Chávez is reinstated to the presidency after a number of revolts on his behalf.
April 14 – Day of Pan-Americanism.
April 17, 1818 – Simón Bolívar suffers an attempt of murder by Royalists spies infiltrated in his camp.
April 18, 1828 – An uprising exploits in Chuquisaca in order to kill Antonio José de Sucre and to topple his government.
April 19, 1810 – Venezuelan coup d'etát of April 19, 1810: As a product of popular demonstrations in Caracas, the Governor of the Captaincy General of Venezuela, Vicente Emparan, resigns and a junta is established.
April 19, 1983 – The Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex in Caracas is inaugurated by President Luis Herrera Campins.
April 23, 1936 – Death of Teresa de la Parra.
April 24, 1863 – The Coche Agreement was signed between the government forces and the Federalists during the Federal War.
April 24, 1905 – Birth of Raúl Leoni, 56th President of Venezuela.
April 24, 1989 – Death of Edgar Sanabria, lawyer and member of the military junta following the overthrowal of Marcos Pérez Jiménez in 1958.
April 25, 1812 – Domingo de Monteverde occupies the city of San Carlos. An enormous mob of women confronted his army and the troops sacking the city.
April 25, 1914 – Birth of Marcos Pérez Jiménez, 52nd President of Venezuela and dictator.
April 26, 1837 – José Antonio Páez crushed an armed revolt in the city of San Juan de Payara. Due to this action, he was later known the León de Payara (Lion of Payara).
April 28, 1777 – Independentist leader Manuel Piar is born in Willemstad, Curaçao.
April 29, 1782 – Birth of Antonio Nicolás Briceño, lawyer and Independentist leader, a.k.a. El Diablo.
April 29, 1870 – Death of Juan Crisóstomo Falcón, 17th and 18th President of Venezuela.
April 30, 1826 – A military and political movement known as La Cosiata, led by José Antonio Páez, broke out in Valencia, in order to reform the Cúcuta Constitution and to separate Venezuela from the Gran Colombia.

May

Laguna Victoria in the Sierra Nevada of Venezuela

May 2, 1816 – The Battle of Los Frailes is fought around the Los Frailes Archipelago.
May 2, 1952 – The Sierra Nevada National Park is founded.
May 3, 1502 – In present-day Venezuela, the Spanish conquistadors led by Alonso de Ojeda founded the village of Santa Cruz de Coquibacoa, the first European settlement in the Americas.
May 5, 1883 – Birth of Eleazar López Contreras, soldier and politician, President of Venezuela (d. 1973)
May 6, 1873 – Death of José Antonio Páez, politician and independence leader, three-time President of Venezuela (b. 1790)
May 13, 1958 – During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, US Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.
May 14, 1777 – In Madrid, Carlos III created the Protomedicato de Caracas by royal decree, thus beginning medical studies in Venezuela.
May 18, 1499 – Alonso de Ojeda sets sail from Cádiz on his voyage to what is now Venezuela.
May 21, 2014 – Death of Jaime Lusinchi, physician and politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1924)
May 24, 1813 – South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator").
May 27, 1924 – Birth of Jaime Lusinchi, physician and politician, President of Venezuela (d. 2014)
May 27, 2007 – Hugo Chávez controversially closes the private television station Radio Caracas Television (RCTV); the next day he replaces it with a state-run television service.

June

Portrait of Antonio José de Sucre

Portrait of José Antonio Páez

June 1, 1925 – birth of Dilia Díaz Cisneros, Venezuelan teacher (d. 2017)
June 1, 1945 — birth of Gustavo Cisneros, Venezuelan businessman
June 1, 1957 — birth of Carlos Duarte, Venezuelan pianist (d. 2003)
June 1, 1981 – birth of Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan-American baseball player
June 1, 1986 — birth of Dayana Mendoza, Venezuelan model and Miss Universe 2008
June 2, 1913 — birth of Vicente Gerbasi, Venezuelan poet (d. 1992)
June 2, 1961 — birth of Dora Mazzone, Venezuelan actress
June 2, 2000 – birth of Lilimar Hernandez, Venezuelan actress
June 3, 1938 — death of Tulio Febres Cordero, Venezuelan writer and historian (b. 1860)
June 4, 1830 — Antonio José de Sucre (b. 1795), Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Bolivia, is assassinated in Arboleda, Colombia
June 4, 2016 — the Venezuela–born Spanish tennis player Garbiñe Muguruza defeats Serena Williams to win the French Open
June 4, 1831 — birth of José Ruperto Monagas, Venezuelan politician (d. 1880)
June 4, 1969 — birth of Robert Pérez, Venezuelan baseball player
June 5, 1993 — Ramón J. Velásquez assumes the Interim Presidency of Venezuela, lasting until 2 February 1994
June 5, 1923 — birth of Jesús Rafael Soto, Venezuelan artist (d. 2005)
June 5, 1984 — birth of Robinson Chirinos, Venezuelan baseball player
June 5, 2008 — death of Eugenio Montejo, Venezuelan poet and essayist (b. 1938)
June 6, 1973 — birth of Coraima Torres, Venezuelan actress
June 7, 2017 — death of Neomar Lander, Venezuelan student protestor (b. 1999)
June 8, 1595 — in Venezuela, English corsairs Amyas Preston and George Somers pillage and burn Caracas
June 8, 1973 — birth of Jerónimo Gil, Venezuelan actor
June 8, 1978 — birth of Cristóbal Lander, Venezuelan actor
June 8, 1988 — birth of Reinaldo Zavarce, Venezuelan performer
June 8, 1990 — birth of Jonathan Freudman, Venezuelan actor
June 9, 1890 — birth of José Antonio Ramos Sucre, Venezuelan poet (d. 1930)
June 9, 1967 – birth of Rubén Maza, Venezuelan runner
June 10, 1959 — birth of Víctor Cámara, Venezuelan actor
June 10, 1979 — birth of Víctor Moreno, Venezuelan baseball player
June 11, 1641 — an earthquake destroys the Venezuelan city of Caracas, with 10,000 deaths
June 11, 1928 — birth of Salvador Garmendia, Venezuelan writer
June 11, 1987 — birth of Ezequiel Carrera, Venezuelan baseball player
June 12, 1991 – birth of Avisail García, Venezuelan baseball player
June 12, 1875 — death of Julián Castro, Venezuelan soldier and politician
June 12, 1917 – death of Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (b. 1853)
June 13, 1994 — the G3 Free Trade Agreement between Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela is signed
June 13, 1790 – birth of José Antonio Páez, Venezuelan general and politician, President of Venezuela (d. 1873)
June 13, 1933 — birth of César Girón, Venezuelan bullfighter (d. 1971)
June 14, 2016 — the Cumanazo happens in Cumaná, Sucre, Venezuelan; rioting, looting and violence against the shortages and economic crisis shut down the city
June 14, 1937 — birth of Espartaco Santoni, Venezuelan film and hotel entrepreneur (d. 1998)
June 14, 1963 — birth of Jesús Méndez, Venezuelan baseball player
June 14, 1984 — birth of Jesús Guzmán, Venezuelan baseball player
June 15, 1813 — in Trujillo, Venezuela, Simón Bolívar signs the Decree of War to the Death
June 15, 1863 — birth of Arturo Michelena, Venezuelan painter (d. 1898)
June 15, 2011 — death of José Bracho, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1928)
June 17, 1861 — birth of Alberto Smith, Venezuelan politician (d. 1942)
June 17, 1874 — birth of Rufino Blanco Fombona, Venezuelan writer and politician (d. 1944)
June 17, 1948 – birth of Dave Concepción, Venezuelan baseball player and manager
June 17, 1865 — death of José de la Cruz Carrillo, Venezuelan soldier (b. 1788)
June 17, 1932 — death of Juan Pablo Peñaloza, Venezuelan soldier and politician (b. 1855)
June 18, 1961 — birth of Andrés Galarraga, Venezuelan-American baseball player
June 20, 1956 – A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people
June 24 — Army Day (Venezuela) or Battle of Carabobo Day
June 24, 1821 – The Battle of Carabobo takes place. It is the decisive battle in the war of independence of Venezuela from Spain.
June 24, 2014 – death of Ramón José Velásquez, Venezuelan journalist, lawyer, and politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1916)
June 28, 1866 — death of heroína Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi, heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence (b. 1799)
June 29, 1957 – birth of María Conchita Alonso, Cuban-Venezuelan singer and actress
June 29, 1919 – death of José Gregorio Hernández, Venezuelan physician and educator (b. 1864)
June 30, 1931 – birth of Yo-Yo Davalillo, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (d. 2013)

July

July 2, 1953 — birth of Tony Armas, Venezuelan baseball player
July 2, 1972 — death of Felipe Pirela, Venezuelan bolero singer (b. 1941)
July 3, 1988 — in Venezuela, the channel Televen begins broadcasting
July 3, 1810 — birth of Rafael María Baralt, Venezuelan writer and historian (d. 1860)
July 4 — Architects Day
July 5, 1811 — Venezuela becomes independent from Spain, with the help of 42 representatives, including Juan Germán Roscio and Francisco de Miranda
July 5, 1952 — birth of Moisés Naím, Venezuelan writer
July 6, 1782 — birth of Luis Brión, hero of the War of Venezuela and Gran Colombia
July 8, 2017 — Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López leaves prison at Ramo Verde to enter house arrest, as ordered by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice
July 9, 1997 — an magnitude 7.0 earthquake off the coast of Venezuela causes 81 deaths in the country
July 11, 1972 — birth of Henrique Capriles, Venezuelan politician and former presidential candidate
July 13, 2008 — in Vietnam, Venezuelan model Dayana Mendoza is crowned Miss Universe, the fifth Venezuelan to take the title
July 13, 1979 — birth of Zamora, Venezuelan musician
July 13, 1854 — death of José María Vargas, politician and President of Venezuela (b. 1786)
July 14, 1811 — in Venezuela, General Francisco de Miranda raises the tricolor flag for the first time as the official banner of the First Republic of Venezuela
July 14, 1806 — birth of Fermín Toro, Venezuelan politician and writer (d. 1865)
July 14, 1816 — death of Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan hero (b. 1750)
July 15, 2007 — the final of the Copa America is played at Estadio José Encarnación Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela, with Brazil beating Argentina 3-0 to win
July 15, 1982 — birth of Aída Yéspica, Venezuelan model and television personality
July 15, 1858 — death of José Gregorio Monagas, Venezuelan soldier and politician (b. 1795)
July 16 — National Police Day
July 16, 2017 — the 2017 Venezuelan referendum takes place, in response to Nicolás Maduro installing the Constituent National Assembly two weeks prior
July 17, 1817 — in Venezuela, the Second Battle of Angostura, part of the Venezuelan War of Independence, ends, with the revolutionaries winning
July 18, 1967 — in the Sartenejas Valley, Venezuela, the University of Caracas—later renamed Simón Bolívar University—is founded
July 19, 1800 — birth of Juan José Flores, Venezuelan general, First President of Ecuador (d. 1864)
July 21 — National Day of Veterinary Medicine
July 22, 1964 — in Washington, D.C., the Organization of American States meets to discuss the sanctions imposed on Cuba for their assistance in the nationalist movements in Venezuela. It is voted 15-4 to suspend diplomatic relations with the island
July 22, 1913 — death of Eduardo López Rivas, Venezuelan journalist
July 23, 1983 — King Juan Carlos I of Spain signs the Declaration of Caracas in Venezuela, to commemorate the bicentenary of Simón Bolívar's birth
July 24, 1783 — Simón Bolívar, war hero, President of five nations, and the liberator of South America, is born in Caracas, Venezuela
July 24, 1857 — birth of Juan Vicente Gómez, Venezuelan general, politician, and President of Venezuela (d. 1935)
July 25, 1567 — conquistador Diego de Losada founds the town Santiago de León de Caracas in northern Venezuela, which develops into the large capital city
July 25 — Day of the Apostle Santiago
July 25, 1812 — in San Mateo, the leader of the Venezuelan independence fighters, Francisco de Miranda, surrenders before the advancing royalist troops of general Monteverde
July 25, 1948 — the first Quito conference is held, and is attended by Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela, to discuss a political and economic union
July 26, 1527 — the city of Coro is founded, being Venezuela's oldest settlement, and seat of the first Archdiocese in South America
July 28, 1954 — the revolutionary and President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez is born in Barinas, Venezuela
July 28, 1983 — the engineer, democracy activist, and Interim President of Venezuela Juan Guaidó, is born in La Guaira, Venezuela
July 28, 1899 — the three-time President of Venezuela, Antonio Guzmán Blanco, dies (n. 1829)
July 29, 1941 — the Venezuelan political party Acción Democrática is ratified
July 29, 1967 — Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, is shaken by a 6.5 strength earthquake, resulting in 236 deaths and 2000 more injured
July 29, 1984 — two men hijack a Venezuela Aeropostal McDonnell Douglas DC-9 aeroplane on the island of Curaçao with 82 passengers on board, demanding money, arms, and a helicopter. The DISIP kill the hijackers and rescue the hostages
July 30, 2000 — the Presidential and legislative elections in Venezuela show a triumph for Hugo Chávez, who wins 99 of the 165 seats in the National Assembly, and the governorship of 14 out of 23 states
July 31, 1817 — the Battle of Matasiete occurs just outside the city of La Asunción, in the Venezuelan War of Independence, with the revolutionaries defeating the Spanish
July 31, 1914 — in Mene Grande, near Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, the Caribbean Petroleum Company (a subsidiary of Anglo-Dutch Royal Dutch Shell), performs the successful perforation of the well Zumaque I, the first commercial petroleum well in the country

August

Statue of Francisco de Miranda, next to his flag, at La Vela de Coro

August 1, 1498 – Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit what is now Venezuela.
August 1, 1912 – birth of Gego, German-Venezuelan sculptor and academic (d. 1994)
August 1, 1926 — birth of Leopoldo Sucre Figarella, Venezuelan politician
August 1, 1964 — in Venezuela, Cadena Venezolana de Televisíon (now Venezolana de Televisión) begins transmitting.
August 1, 1964 — birth of Carlos "Café" Martínez, Venezuelan baseball player
August 1, 2016 — death of Oscar Celli Gerbasi, Venezuelan politician and academic (b. 1946)
August 2, 1884 – birth of Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuelan author and politician, 46th President of Venezuela (d. 1969)
August 2, 1988 — birth of Osmariel Villalobos, Venezuelan supermodel
August 2, 2011 — death of Baruj Benacerraf, 1980 winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine (b. 1920)
August 3 — Flag Day (Venezuela) and National Guard Day (Venezuela)
August 3, 1806 — revolutionary general Francisco de Miranda arrives at the port at La Vela de Coro
August 3, 1908 — Venezuela breaks diplomatic relations with the Netherlands.
August 3, 1943 — in Caracas, the first edition of the daily newspaper El Nacional is published.
August 3, 1967 — Venezuela joins the Latin American Free Trade Association
August 3, 1985 — birth of Rubén Limardo, Venezuelan Olympic gold medal-winning (2012) épée fencer and PSUV deputy in the National Assembly
August 4, 1937 — the National Guard of Venezuela is created, based on the model of Spain's Guardia Civil
August 4, 1950 — in Venezuela, two powerful earthquakes shake the West of the country: the city of El Tocuyo is completely destroyed.
August 4, 2018 — during a speech delivered by Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, drones explode near the stage and injure national guardsmen
August 6, 1813 — Simón Bolívar retakes Caracas, becoming named "El Libertador" and beginning the Second Republic of Venezuela
August 11, 1986 – birth of Pablo Sandoval, Venezuelan baseball player
August 13, 1857 — birth of Henri Pittier, Swiss-Venezuelan botanist and engineer (d. 1950)
August 14, 1926 — birth of Margot Benacerraf, Venezuelan director
August 15, 1994 — in Sudan, French forces capture the Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal.
August 15, 2004 — Hugo Chávez is reaffirmed as President of Venezuela, in the world's first presidential referendum.
August 16, 1963 — the United States extradites former Venezuelan President Marcos Pérez Jiménez back to his country.
August 16, 2005 – West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes in Machiques, Venezuela, killing all 160 people on board.
August 17, 1900 — death of Raimundo Andueza Palacio, 24th President of Venezuela (b. 1846)
August 17, 1923 – birth of Carlos Cruz-Diez, Venezuelan artist (d. 2019)
August 20, 2012 – A prison riot in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, kills at least 20 people.
August 21, 2018 — a 7.3 magnitude earthquake hits the Venezuelan state of Sucre.
August 22, 1983 — birth of Nacho, Venezuelan musician
August 23, 1917 — the dictator Juan Vicente Gómez closes the Imprenta Americana and the most important newspaper in the country, El Fonógrafo.
August 24, 1962 — the General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge is opened, connecting the East and West coasts of Lake Maracaibo.
August 24, 1963 — the Venezuelan armed forces kidnap the famous footballer Alfredo Di Stéfano in an act of propaganda, later releasing him unharmed.
August 25, 2012 — in Venezuela's Falcón state, an explosion occurs at the Amuay Refinery Complex, one of the largest petroleum refineries in the world, with the resulting fire killing at least 55 and injuring over 100.
August 28, 1977 — construction begins on the Caracas Metro

September

Rómulo Betancourt in 1946

September 1, 2016 — The political opposition announces protests in the capital called the "Taking of Caracas", with the purpose of pressuring the government of Nicolás Maduro to carry out the recall referendum
September 1, 1756 — Birth of Miguel José Sanz, lawyer and journalist (d. 1814)
September 3, 1976 — Over the Azores, a Hercules C-130 of the Venezuelan Air Force crashes with 68 people on board (members of the UCV choir and the plane's crew) in the Tragedy of the Azores [es].
September 3, 1976 — Death (in the Tragedy of the Azores) of Vinicio Adames, popular musician and musical director of the Venezuelan national choir and orchestra (b. 1927)
September 4, 1990 — Birth of Stefanía Fernández, model and presenter, Miss Universe 2009
September 4, 1874 — Death of Manuel Antonio Carreño, musician, teacher, and diplomat (b. 1812)
September 6, 1815 — in Jamaica, Simón Bolívar creates the Carta de Jamaica
September 6, 1959 — Birth of Edgar C. Otálvora, journalist and historian
September 6, 1978 – Birth of Alex Escobar, baseball player
September 7, 1987 — in Maracay, torrential rain results in over 200 deaths and about a thousand missing
September 8 — Celebration of the Virgen del Valle
September 8, 1529 — Ambrosius Ehinger, first governor of "Klein-Venedig", founds the village of Maracaibo
September 8, 1777 — the Captaincy General of Venezuela is created, thereby unifying, for the first time, the territory of what is the current Venezuela
September 8, 1957 — Birth of Ricardo Montaner, Argentine-Venezuelan singer
September 9, 1970 – Birth of Natalia Streignard, Spanish-Venezuelan actress
September 9, 1976 — Birth of Juan Alfonso Baptista, actor
September 9, 1983 — Birth of Alex Romero, baseball player
September 9, 1989 — Birth of Johnny Cecotto Jr., Formula 2 driver
September 10, 1850 — Birth of Eduardo López Rivas, journalist (d. 1913)
September 10, 1862 — Birth of Luis Razetti, surgeon (d. 1932)
September 10, 2010 — Death of Willian Lara, politician (b. 1959)
September 11 — Celebration of Our Lady of Coromoto, Patron Saint of Venezuela
September 11, 1913 – Birth of Jacinto Convit, physician and academic (d. 2014)
September 11, 1929 – Birth of Luis García, baseball player and manager (d. 2014)
September 11, 1992 — Birth of María Gabriela de Faría, actress
September 12, 2009 — in Tucacas, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake injures 16
September 12, 1928 — Birth of Aníbal Nazoa, poet (d. 2001)
September 12, 1980 — Birth of Maicer Izturis, baseball player
September 13, 1941 — The political party Acción Democrática is founded
September 14, 1941 – Birth of Alberto Naranjo, drummer, composer, and bandleader
September 15, 1817 — by official decree, Simón Bolívar orders the Guiana Shield region to the fight for independence
September 15, 1897 — Birth of Mario Briceño Iragorry, lawyer and politician (d. 1958)
September 15, 2007 – Death of Aldemaro Romero, pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1928)
September 16, 1978 — Birth of Laureano Olivares, actor
September 16, 1982 — Birth of Ramón Ramírez, baseball player
September 16, 1989 – Birth of José Salomón Rondón, footballer
September 18, 1946 – Birth of Benjamín Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (d. 2014)
September 18, 1954 — Death of Armando Reverón, painter (b. 1889)
September 19, 1775 — Birth of José Félix Ribas, soldier and hero of the War of Independence (d. 1815)
September 19, 1858 — Birth of Lisandro Alvarado, doctor, naturist, ethnologist, historian, linguist (d. 1931)
September 19, 1923 — Birth of Rodrigo Riera, guitarist and composer (d. 1999)
September 20, 1988 — Death of Doris Wells, actress and producer (b. 1941)
September 20, 2001 — Military dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez (b. 1914) dies in exile in Spain
September 21, 1810 — in Mérida, the first republican university in Latin America, the Royal University of San Buenaventura de Mérida (now University of Los Andes), is founded
September 22, 1902 — Birth of José Humberto Quintero Parra, first Venezuelan Cardinal (d. 1984)
September 23, 1959 — Birth of Carlos Ramos Rivas, politician
September 23, 1959 — Birth of Lina Ron, politician
September 23, 1992 — Death of Arístides Bastidas, pioneer of science journalism in Venezuela (b. 1924)
September 23, 2012 – Death of Roberto Rodríguez, baseball player and coach (b. 1941)
September 25, 1728 — the Royal Guipuzcoan Company of Caracas is created to handle Venezuelan trade with Spain
September 25, 1799 — Birth of Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi, heroine of the War of Independence (d. 1866)
September 25, 1930 — Birth of Isaac Chocrón, writer (d. 2011)
September 25, 1986 — Birth of Albert Subirats, championship swimmer
September 28, 1981 – Rómulo Betancourt (b. 1908), journalist and twice President of Venezuela, dies
September 28, 1993 — on the Caracas-Valencia highway, an accidental explosion occurs that leaves 53 dead and 70 injured in the Tragedy of Las Tejerías [es]
September 29, 1620 — in what is now Venezuela, San Miguel de Acarigua is founded
September 29, 1963 — near Caracas, an attack occurs on the train El Encanto; then-deputy Teodoro Petkoff of the PCV claims responsibility
September 29, 1965 — Birth of Boris Izaguirre, entertainer
September 30, 1813 — in the Battle of Bárbula (War of Independence), the royalist forces of Domingo de Monteverde are defeated by the republican army commanded by Atanasio Girardot, who dies in said battle
September 30, 1975 – Birth of Carlos Guillén, baseball player
September 30, 1980 – Birth of Milagros Sequera, tennis player

October

The Central Park Twin Towers

October 1, 1864 – Juan José Flores, soldier and founder of Ecuador, dies (b. 1800)
October 1, 2014 – Death of Robert Serra, criminologist and politician (b. 1987)
October 1, 1946 – Birth of Remy Hermoso, former baseball player
October 1, 1984 – Birth of Mónica Spear, actress and model, former Miss Venezuela (d. 2014)
October 2, 1832 – Birth of José Ángel Montero, composer (d. 1881)
October 2, 1982 – Death of Maye Brandt, model and former Miss Venezuela (b. 1961)
October 3, 1911 — Birth of Edgar Sanabria, politician (d. 1989)
October 3, 1842 — Death of Vicente Emparán, Captain General of Venezuela (b. 1747)
October 4, 1892 — Death of Juan Antonio Pérez Bonalde, poet (b. 1846)
October 5, 1889 – Birth of Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author and educator (d. 1936)
October 6, 1976 — in Barbados, Cuban anti-Castro terrorists based in Miami, with support from the U.S. CIA, bomb Cubana de Aviacion flight 455, which crashes on the beach (having barely taken off), causing the death of all occupants (73 people), among them the members of the National Fencing Team, who had won all the gold medals at the Central American and Caribbean Championships held in Caracas, Venezuela
October 6, 1976 – Birth of Freddy García, baseball player
October 7, 1967 — Birth of María Corina Machado, politician
October 8, 1967 – Birth of Yvonne Reyes, television host and actress
October 8, 1993 — Birth of Garbiñe Muguruza, Spanish-Venezuelan tennis champion (2016, 2017) and former world #1
October 9, 1557 — in the Venezuelan Andes, Captain Diego García de Paredes founds the village of Trujillo
October 9, 1558 — in the Venezuelan Andes, the city of Mérida is founded by Captain Juan Rodríguez Suárez
October 10, 1966 — Birth of Luis Dorante, baseball player
October 11, 1980 — Baruj Benacerraf wins the Nobel Prize for Medicine
October 11, 1858 — Birth of Cipriano Castro, President of Venezuela between 1899 an 1908 (d. 1924)
October 12 – Día de la Resistencia Indígena
October 12, 1902 — The Battle of La Victoria begins
October 12, 1966 — "The Anacoco Crisis" erupts between Guyana and Venezuela over the sovereignty of the eastern part of Anacoco Island, a 28 km² river island on the Cuyuní River, part of the boundary of the disputed area of Guayana Esequiba
October 12, 1949 – Birth of Carlos the Jackal, terrorist and murderer
October 12, 1977 – Birth of Javier Toyo, footballer
October 13, 1904 — Birth of Graciela Rincón Calcaño, writer (d. 1980)
October 14, 1897 — Birth of Rafael de Nogales Méndez, mercenary and writer (d. 1936)
October 15, 1953 — Birth of Cilia Flores, wife of Nicolás Maduro
October 15, 1967 — Birth of Carlos García, baseball player
October 15, 1865 — Death of Andrés Bello, Venezuelan-Chilean academic and humanist (b. 1781)
October 16, 1817 – Simón Bolívar sentences Manuel Piar to death for challenging the racial-caste in Venezuela
October 16, 1944 — Death of Rufino Blanco-Fombona, politician and writer (b. 1874)
October 17, 2004 — The Twin Towers of Central Park are bombed, with a resulting fire destroying the East Tower
October 17, 1937 – Birth of Aida Navarro, mezzo-soprano
October 17, 1985 – Birth of Carlos González, baseball player
October 17, 1828 — Death of Ana María Campos, heroine of the War of Independence (b. 1796)
October 17, 1979 – Death of Eugenio Mendoza, Venezuelan business tycoon (b. 1909)
October 18, 1945 – A group of the Venezuelan Armed Forces stages a coup d'état against President Isaías Medina Angarita, who is overthrown by the end of the day
October 19, 1938 — Birth of Eugenio Montejo, poet and essayist (d. 2008)
October 19, 1983 — Birth of Jorge Valdivia, Venezuelan-Chilean footballer
October 20, 1977 — Birth of Miguel Augusto Rodríguez, actor
October 21, 1984 – Birth of José Lobatón, baseball player
October 21, 1985 — Birth of Dani Hernández, footballer
October 21, 2013 – Death of Oscar Yanes, Venezuelan journalist and author (b. 1927)
October 22, 1970 — The Universidad Metropolitana opens to students
October 22, 1969 – Birth of Julio Borges, politician
October 22, 1981 — Birth of Ligia Petit, model
October 22, 1985 – Birth of Federico Ágreda, musician
October 23, 1979 – Birth of Ramón Castro, baseball player
October 23, 1981 – Birth of Daniela Alvarado, actress
October 23, 1987 – Birth of Félix Doubront, baseball player
October 23, 1989 – Birth of Alain Broja, footballer
October 24, 1953 — The Universidad Católica Andrés Bello is founded
October 24, 1788 — Birth of Rafael Urdaneta, soldier and politician (d. 1845)
October 26, 1976 — Cuban-American terrorists Freddy Lugo and Hernán Ricardo, who bombed Cubana de Aviación Flight 455, are deported from Miami to Venezuela
October 26, 2006 — In Buenos Aires, Venezuelan Mayré Martínez wins the first Latin American Idol
October 26, 2016 — Protests marches are held after the recall referendum against the Maduro administration is suspended
October 26, 1864 — Birth of José Gregorio Hernández, doctor (d. 1919)
October 26, 1908 — Birth of Miguel Otero Silva, journalist and politician (d. 1985)
October 26, 1961 — Birth of Gus Polidor, baseball player
October 26, 1964 — Birth of José Vielma Mora, politician
October 26, 1984 — Birth of Jesús Flores, baseball player
October 27, 1922 — Birth of Carlos Andrés Pérez, two-time President of Venezuela (d. 2010)
October 27, 1951 — Birth of Yordano, musician
October 27, 1983 – Birth of Martín Prado, baseball player
October 28, 1861 — President Manuel Felipe Tovar founds the Colegio de Ingenieros de Venezuela in Caracas
October 28, 1875 — The National Pantheon of Venezuela is inaugurated
October 28, 2005 — Hugo Chávez announces that Venezuela is completely free of illiteracy
October 28, 1769 — Birth of Simón Rodríguez, philosopher and educator, tutor to Simón Bolívar
October 28, 1784 — Birth of José Tadeo Monagas, three-time President
October 28, 1941 — Birth of Doris Wells, actress (d. 1988)
October 29, 1988 — The Massacre of El Amparo occurs, with 14 fisherman murdered
October 29, 2008 — Venezuela begins its space race, with the help of China, launching the Simón Bolívar Satellite part of the Venesat-1 project
October 29, 1920 – Birth of Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-American physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
October 29, 1966 — Birth of Danilo Anderson, environmental lawyer (d. 2004)
October 29, 1990 — Birth of Ender Inciarte, baseball player
October 30, 1817 – Simón Bolívar becomes President of the Third Republic of Venezuela
October 30, 1975 – Birth of Marco Scutaro, baseball player
October 31, 1969 — A Venezuelan kangaroo court opens an inquiry to suspend the Central University of Venezuela from operating until 1971
October 31, 1942 — Birth of Alí Primera, singer (d. 1985)
October 31, 2014 — Death of José Manuel Briceño Guerrero, academic (b. 1929)
October 31, 2018 — Death of Teodoro Petkoff, politician and journalist (b. 1932)

November

The Ibero-American Summit, 2007. Juan Carlos, Zapatero and Chávez are seated on the right side of the chamber.

Angel Falls

November 1, 1797 – Birth of Santos Michelena, politician and diplomat (d. 1848)
November 2, 1956 – From Caracas, Venezuela, the exiled Argentine President Juan Perón names the young deputy John William Cooke as leader of the Resistance against the dictatorship.
November 2, 1858 — Birth of Victorino Márquez Bustillos, President of Venezuela (d. 1941)
November 2, 1980 — Death of César Rengifo, artist (b. 1915)
November 3, 1591 — In present day Venezuela, the Portuguese captain Juan Fernández de León founds the city of Guanare.
November 3, 1990 — Birth of Kluivert Roa, student and activist (d. 2015)
November 4, 1810 — The Battle of Aguanegra, considered the start of the Venezuelan War of Independence, occurred.
November 4, 1810 — In the town of Caracas, the first issue of Semanario de Caracas is published.
November 4, 1831 – In Caracas, the Academy of Mathematics, under the direction of Juan Manuel Cajigal y Odoardo, opens.
November 5, 1964 – In Venezuela, a new coalition system of government begins, known as the Puntofijo Pact.
November 5, 1801 – Birth of Antonio Leocadio Guzmán, politician and journalist (d. 1884)
November 6, 2002 – In Venezuela, the Admirals Héctor Ramírez, Daniel Comisso and José Noriega, linked to the coup d'etat of April 11 against president Hugo Chávez, challenge the decision of the Navy to dismiss them.
November 6, 1905 – Birth of Pedro Antonio Ríos Reyna, musician (d. 1971)
November 6, 2011 – Death of Isaac Chocrón, writer (b. 1930)
November 7, 1892 – General Joaquín Crespo assumes executive power.
November 8, 1901 – Birth of Mercedes Carvajal de Arocha, writer and politician (d. 1994)
November 8, 1973 – Birth of Edgardo Alfonzo, baseball player
November 8, 1890 – Death of Cristóbal Rojas, painter (b. 1858)
November 8, 1969 – Death of Ricardo Aguirre, musician (b. 1939)
November 9, 1879 – In Lima, Peru the judiciary bodies of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela sign a treaty to unify the legislature of the Americas.
November 9, 2007 – Death of Luis Herrera Campins, lawyer, politician and President of Venezuela (b. 1925)
November 10, 1813 – The Battle of Tierrita Blanca, part of the Venezuelan War of Independence, ends with victory for José Ceballos' royalist forces.
November 10, 2007 – Spanish King Juan Carlos I asks Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez ¿Por qué no te callas? at the Ibero-American Summit in Santiago de Chile.
November 11, 1961 – In Caracas, then-President Rómulo Betancourt, announced the decision to break diplomatic relations with Cuba.
November 12, 1923 – Birth of Alirio Díaz, musician (d. 2016)
November 13, 1950 – General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.
November 13, 1985 – Birth of Asdrúbal Cabrera, baseball player
November 13, 1884 — Death of Antonio Leocadio Guzmán, politician and journalist (b. 1801)
November 14, 1789 – Birth of José Antonio Anzoátegui, soldier (d. 1819)
November 14, 1931 – Birth of Adriano González León, writer (d. 2004)
November 15, 1940 – In Monagas, the town of Punta de Mata is founded.
November 15, 1953 – The television station Radio Caracas Televisión is founded.
November 15, 1971 – Birth of Delsa Solórzano, politician and lawyer
November 15, 1977 – Birth of Gaby Espino, actress
November 16, 1861 – Birth of Georgina Febres-Cordero, nun (d. 1925)
November 16, 2008 – Death of Luisín Landáez, singer (b. 1931)
November 17, 1831 – Ecuador and Venezuela are separated from Gran Colombia.
November 17, 1976 – Birth of Jacqueline Aguilera, Miss World-winning model
November 17, 1989 – Birth of Héctor Sánchez, baseball player
November 18 – The main day of the Feast of the Virgen de Chiquinquirá or Chinita's Fair (Maracaibo, Venezuela)
November 18, 1933 – The American aviator Jimmie Angel first sights, and flies over, Angel Falls.
November 18, 2004 – In Venezuela, the Chavist prosecutor Danilo Anderson is assassinated by car bomb, in an act of terrorism.
November 18, 1868 – Death of José Tadeo Monagas, three-time President of Venezuela (b. 1784)
November 19, 1968 – Birth of Karina, singer
November 19, 1981 – Birth of Juliet Lima, actress
November 20, 1979 – Birth of Lino Urdaneta, baseball player
November 20, 1988 – Birth of Roberto Rosales, footballer
November 20, 1991 – Birth of Irene Esser, actress and model
November 21, 1958 – In Venezuela the Universidad de Oriente was founded.
November 22, 1952 – The first Venezuelan television station, Televisora Nacional, is founded.
November 22, 1977 – Birth of Marger Sealey, singer
November 22, 1984 – Birth of Yusmeiro Petit, baseball plater
November 23, 1851 – Writer and philosopher Andrés Bello is made a member of the Real Academia Española for his Gramática de la lengua castellana.
November 23, 1962 – Birth of Nicolás Maduro, union leader and politician, President of Venezuela
November 23, 1990 – Death of Bo Díaz, baseball player (b. 1953)
November 24, 1948 – In Venezuela, president Rómulo Gallegos is overthrown in a coup d'état.
November 24, 1923 – Birth of Octavio Lepage, politician (d. 2017)
November 24, 1973 – Birth of Carolina Sandoval, actress
November 24, 1983 – Birth of José López, baseball player
November 25, 1861 – Birth of José Gil Fortoul, politician and writer (d. 1943)
November 26, 1820 – In the city of Trujillo the government of the Republic of Gran Colombia and the kingdom of Spain sign the , which ends the "War to the Death" between patriots and royalists. This treaty is the precursor of International Humanitarian Law in the West. Its main drafter is the Venezuelan Antonio José de Sucre.
November 26, 1826 – Birth of Juan Pablo Rojas Paul, President of Venezuela (d. 1905)
November 27, 1992 – For the second time in a year, military forces try to overthrow president Carlos Andrés Pérez.
November 27, 1952 – Birth of Frank Quintero, musician
November 27, 1954 – Birth of Carlos Escarrá, politician
November 27, 2000 – Death of Susana Rotker, writer (b. 1954)
November 28, 1916 – Birth of Ramón José Velásquez, journalist, lawyer, and politician, President of Venezuela (d. 2014)
November 28, 1978 – Birth of Mayré Martínez, singer
November 29, 1781 – Birth of Andrés Bello, poet and philosopher (d. 1865)
November 29, 1941 – Birth of Roberto Rodríguez, baseball player and coach (d. 2012)
November 29, 1981 – Birth of Guillermo Quiróz, baseball player
November 29, 1971 – Death of Juan Oropeza, diplomat (b. 1906)
November 29, 2010 – Death of Carmelo Lauría Lesseur, public servant (b. 1936)
November 30, 1985 – Birth of Luis Valbuena, baseball player

December

Damage from the debris flow on the Caraballeda fan in Vargas.

Bolívar's death, by Venezuelan painter Antonio Herrera Toro

December 1, 1956 – Birth of Carlos Cámara Jr., Venezuelan-Mexican actor
December 2, 1952 – Venezuelan military commander Marcos Pérez Jiménez, does not recognize the results of an election he forced and leads a coup d'état to begin a military dictatorship.
December 2, 2002 – Petrol company PDVSA begins the Venezuelan general strike of 2002–03, trying to force the resignation of Hugo Chávez.
December 2, 2007 – The 2007 Venezuelan constitutional referendum is held, and defeated.
December 2, 1985 – Birth of Ernesto Mejía, baseball player
December 2, 1986 – Birth of Ronald Vargas, footballer
December 3, 1989 – The first direct gubernatorial and mayoral elections in Venezuela are held.
December 3, 2006 – In the 2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Hugo Chávez is re-elected.
December 3, 2011 – In Venezuela, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States is founded.
December 3, 1981 – Birth of Edwin Valero, boxer (d. 2010)
December 4, 2005 – The 2005 Venezuelan parliamentary election is held.
December 4, 1893 – Birth of Bárbaro Rivas, painter (d. 1967)
December 4, 1924 – Death of Cipriano Castro, soldier and President of Venezuela (b. 1858)
December 4, 1980 – Birth of Gustavo Chacín, baseball player
December 4, 1990 – Birth of Ángel Nesbitt, baseball player
December 5, 1813 – The Battle of Araure is fought in Araure, Venezuela, as part of the War of Independence, with Bolívar's forces winning.
December 5, 1814 – The Battle of Urica is fought as part of the War of Independence, but the revolutionaries lose.
December 5, 1814 – Death, at the Battle of Urica, of José Tomás Boves, Royalist soldier in the War of Independence (b. 1782)
December 5, 1814 – Death of Miguel José Sanz, lawyer and journalist (b. 1756)
December 5, 1903 – Birth of María Luisa Escobar, musician (d. 1985)
December 5, 1931 – Birth of Manuel Caballero, historian (d. 2010)
December 5, 1963 – Birth of Nohely Arteaga, telenovela actress
December 6, 1904 – In the United States, President Theodore Roosevelt ― as a result of the Venezuelan crisis of 1902–1903 ― adds the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.
December 6, 1998 – Hugo Chávez is victorious in presidential elections.
December 6, 2015 – Parliamentary elections are held. For the first time in 17 years the United Socialist Party of Venezuela loses its majority in parliament.
December 6, 1945 – Birth of Lupita Ferrer, telenovela actress
December 6, 1976 – Birth of Alicia Machado, model, Miss Universe 1996
December 8, 1979 – Birth of José Peña, sprinter
December 10, 1973 – Birth of Gabriela Spanic, actress
December 13, 1961 – Birth of Irene Sáez, model and politician, Governor of Nueva Esparta
December 13, 1996 – Birth of Gleyber Torres, baseball player
December 14, 1999 – The Vargas tragedy. Torrential rains cause flash floods in Vargas, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure.
December 15, 1789 – Birth of Carlos Soublette, military general and politician, 11th President of Venezuela (d. 1870)
December 16, 1986 – Birth of Alcides Escobar, baseball player
December 17, 1819 – Simón Bolívar declares the independence of Gran Colombia in Angostura (now Ciudad Bolívar in present-day Venezuela)
December 17, 1830 – Simón Bolívar, revolutionary general and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela, El Libertador of South America, dies in Santa Marta, Gran Colombia (in present-day Colombia).
December 17, 2011 – Death of Eva Ekvall, journalist and author, Miss Venezuela 2000 (b. 1983)
December 22, 1853 – Birth of Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1917)
December 23, 1978 – Birth of Víctor Martínez, baseball player
December 24, 2009 – Death of Rafael Caldera, lawyer and politician, 65th President of Venezuela (b. 1916)
December 25, 1950 – Birth of Manny Trillo, baseball player and manager
December 25, 2010 – Death of Carlos Andrés Pérez, politician, 66th President of Venezuela (b. 1922)
December 31, 1922 – Birth of Luis Zuloaga, baseball player (d. 2013)