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La Paz, Bolivia declares its independence from the Spanish Crown and forms the Junta Tuitiva. The first independent government in Spanish America, led by Pedro Domingo Murillo.
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Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
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Bolivia loses the rubber-rich province of Acre to Brazil.
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Bolivia and Chile sign a treaty ending the War of the Pacific; recognizing Chile's possession of the coast, providing for construction of a railway linking La Paz, Bolivia, to Arica on the coast.
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Germany & Bolivia end commerce and friendship treaty.
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Bolivia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
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Bolivia loses territory to Paraguay after it is defeated in the Chaco War.
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Paraguay declares war on Bolivia.
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Bolivia and Paraguay sign cease fire.
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Hugo Ballivian's government is overthrown by the Bolivian National Revolution, starting a period of agrarian reform, universal suffrage and the nationalisation of tin mines.
