Costa Rica

1568-1821

YEAR DATE EVENT
1568 Province of Nuevo Cartago part of Viceroyalty of New Spain

1821-1823

YEAR DATE EVENT PRESIDENT
1821 12 november Independent state Nicolás Carrillo y Aguirre
1821 1 december Pedro José de Alvarado Baeza
1822 13 january Rafael de la Trinidad Barroeta y Castilla
1822 13 april José Santiago de Bonilla y Laya-Bolívar
1822 15 july José María de Peralta y de la Vega (I)
1822 17 october Rafael Luis José de Gallegos y Alvarado (I)
1823 1 january José Santos Lombardo y Alvarado
1823 20 march Rafael Francisco Osejo
1823 29 march Joaquín de Oreamuno y Muñoz de la Trinidad
1823 1 april Gregorio José Ramírez y Castro
1823 16 april José María de Peralta y de la Vega (II)
1823 10 may Manuel Alvarado e Hidalgo

1823-1824

YEAR DATE EVENT PRESIDENT
1823 1 july State of United Central America Provence

1824-1824

YEAR DATE EVENT PRESIDENT
1824 6 march
1824 8 september Free State Juan José Mora Fernández

1824-1840

YEAR DATE EVENT PRESIDENT
1824 22 november
1833 9 march Rafael Luis José de Gallegos y Alvarado (II)
1835 4 march Juan José Lara Arias
1835 18 march Manuel Fernández Chacón
1835 5 may Braulio Evaristo Carrillo Colina (I)
1837 1 march José Joaquín Mora Fernández
1837 17 april Manuel de Jesús Aguilar Chacón
1838 27 may Braulio Evaristo Carrillo Colina (II)

1840-1848

YEAR DATE EVENT PRESIDENT
1840 21 april
1842 12 april José Francisco Morazán Quezada
1842 11 september Antonio Luis Pinto Suárez
1842 27 september José María Alfaro Zamora (I)
1844 23 november Francisco María Oreamuno Bonilla
1846 7 june José María Alfaro Zamora (II)
1847 8 may José María Castro y Madriz (I)

1848-1906

YEAR DATE EVENT PRESIDENT
1848 29 september Republic
1849 16 november José Miguel Mora Porras
1849 26 november Juan Rafael Mora Porras
1859 14 august José María Montealegre Fernández
1863 8 may Jesús María Ciriaco Jiménez Zamora (I)
1866 8 may José María Castro y Madriz (II)
1868 1 november Jesús María Ciriaco Jiménez Zamora (II)
1870 27 april José Bruno Carranza Ramírez
1870 10 august Tomás Miguel Guardia Gutiérrez (I)
1876 8 may Aniceto del Carmen Esquivel Sáenz
1876 30 july Vicente de las Mercedes Herrera Zeledón
1877 11 september Tomás Miguel Guardia Gutiérrez
1882 6 july Francisco Cipriano Saturnino Lizano Gutiérrez
1882 20 july Juan Primitivo Próspero Fernández Oreamuno
1885 12 march Ramón Bernardo Soto Alfaro (I)
1886 6 november Apolinar de Jesús Soto Quesada
1886 4 december Ramón Bernardo Soto Alfaro (II)
1889 7 november Carlos Durán Cartín
1890 8 may José Joaquín Rodríguez Zeledón
1894 8 may Rafael Anselmo José Yglesias Castro
1902 8 may Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra
1906 8 may Cleto de Jesús González Víquez (I)

1906-

YEAR DATE EVENT PRESIDENT
1906 27 november
1910 8 may Romualdo Ricardo de Jesús Jiménez Oreamuno (I)
1914 8 may Alfredo Gonzales Flores
1917 27 january gen. José Federico Alberto de Jesús Tinoco Granados
1919 20 august Juan Bautista Quirós Segura
1919 2 september Francisco Ramón de Jesús Aguilar Barquero
1920 8 may Rafael Julio del Rosario Acosta García
1924 8 may Romualdo Ricardo de Jesús Jiménez Oreamuno (II)
1928 8 may Cleto de Jesús González Víquez (II)
1932 8 may Romualdo Ricardo de Jesús Jiménez Oreamuno (III)
1936 8 may León Luis Cortés Castro
1940 8 may Rafael Ángel del Socorro Calderón Guardia
1944 8 may Teodoro Picado Michalski
1948 20 april Santos León Herrera
1948 8 may José María Hipólito Figueres Ferrer (I)
1949 8 november Luis Emilio Rafael de la Trinidad Otilio Ulate Blanco
1953 8 november José María Hipólito Figueres Ferrer (II)
1958 8 may Mario José Echandi Jiménez
1962 8 may Francisco José Orlich Bolmarich
1966 8 may José Joaquín Antonio Trejos Fernández
1970 8 may José María Hipólito Figueres Ferrer (III)
1974 8 may Porfirio Ricardo José Luis Daniel Oduber Quirós
1978 8 may Rodrigo José Ramón Francisco de Jesús Carazo Odio
1982 8 may Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez
1986 8 may Óscar Rafael de Jesús Arias Sánchez (I)
1990 8 may Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier
1994 8 may José María Figueres Olsen
1998 8 may Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría
2002 8 may Abel Pacheco de la Espriella
2006 8 may Óscar Rafael de Jesús Arias Sánchez (II)

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