Events with tag - Colonial Era

September 25, 1513

Discovery of the Pacific Ocean

Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa became the first European to discover the Pacific Ocean, which he named the 'South Sea', after a grueling 25-day expedition across the Isthmus of Panama with 190 Spanish soldiers and 1,000 indigenous porters.

October 12, 1968

Equatorial Guinea Independence Day

Equatorial Guinea achieves independence from Spanish colonial rule, becoming Africa's only Spanish-speaking nation and marking the end of Spain's colonial presence in Africa.