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900 to 1200: Tiahuanaco civilisations.
1555: Charles the Fifth declared Potosi an imperial city.
1781: Indian revolt.
1825: Creation of the Republic of Bolivia.
1879 - 1883: Pacific War.
1901: Acre War with Brazil.
1951: Peasant and Workers' Revolution.
1967: Death of Ernesto "Che" Guevara.
1989: Election of President Jaime Paz Zamora.
August 2001: President Hugo Banzer, afflicted with cancer, resigned. Vice-President Jorge Quiroga, 41, succeeded him for a year.
August 2002: the liberal Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada, 72, was elected President by Congress.
17 October 2003: Flight of President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada to the USA following an uprising. Carlos Mesa (Vice President) took over the Presidency. 
06 March 2005: Resignation of President Carlos Mesa
09 March 2005: his resignation was unanimously rejected by the members of Congress. Carlos Mesa therefore remained President.
December 2005: Evo Morales, the left-wing Indian leader, was elected President of the country.