* 1869 – Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.

South America is a relatively peaceful continent in which wars are a rare event ; as a result, Brazil hasn't had its territory invaded since year 1865 during the Paraguayan War.

Brazilian Navy, battle of Riachuelo at the Paraguayan War.

Brazilian Imperial Army soldiers during the Paraguayan War, 1864-70.

* 1868 – Brazilians defeat Paraguayans at the Battle of Avaí during the Paraguayan War.

The Brazilian victory was crucial for the later success of the Triple Alliance ( Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina ) in the Paraguayan War.

López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.

The so-called Paraguayan War ended in the near annihilation of Paraguay and set the stage for the formation of a two-party ( Colorado vs. Liberal ) political system that persists until the present day.

George Thompson, an English engineer who worked for the younger López ( he distinguished himself as a Paraguayan officer during the Paraguayan War, and later wrote a book about his experience ) had harsh words for his ex-employer and commander, calling him " a monster without parallel ".

Collage of images of the Paraguayan War

The outbreak of World War II eased Moríñigo's task of ruling Paraguay while keeping the army happy because it stimulated demand for Paraguayan export products, such as meat, hides, and cotton, and boosted the country's export earnings.

The Chaco War had sparked the February revolution, which, in turn, sounded the death knell of the Liberal state and ushered in a revival of Paraguayan nationalism along with a reverence for the dictatorial past.

Since the end of the Chaco War, no Paraguayan government has held power without the consent of the army.

European and Middle Eastern immigrants began making their way to Paraguay in the decades following the Paraguayan War ( 1870 onward ), in which aftermath only 28, 000 men and 200, 000 women had survived, the reason why Paraguay had since then a high rate of illegitimate births.

The War of the Triple Alliance ( 1865 – 70 ) fundamentally changed the Paraguayan economy.

* 1866 – Battle of Curupaity in the Paraguayan War.

* Paraguayan War, also known as the War of the Triple Alliance ( 1864 – 1870 ), a major war in South America

The Triple Alliance declared war on Paraguayan leader Francisco Solano López and the resulting War of the Triple Alliance ended with the invasion of Paraguay and its defeat by the armies of the three countries.

It reached its high point during the Paraguayan War.

The result was the Paraguayan War, a five-year conflict in which Uruguayan, Brazilian and Argentinian armies fought Paraguay, and which Flores finally won, but only at the price of the loss of 95 % of his own troops.

* Chaco War ( 15 June 1932 – 10 June 1935 ) – the war was fought between Bolivia and Paraguay over the disputed territory of Gran Chaco resulting in an overall Paraguayan victory in 1935.

The industry continued to be of prime importance for the Paraguayan economy after independence, but development in benefit of the Paraguayan state halted after the War of the Triple Alliance ( 1864 – 1870 ) that devastated the country both economically and demographically.

The Paraguayan invasion in 1864 led to a conflict far longer than expected, and faith in the progressive cabinet's ability to prosecute the war vanished.

He also saw action during the Paraguayan War ( 1864 – 1870 ), attaining the rank of captain.

In the following month ( December 1864 ) he dispatched a force to invade Mato Grosso, which seized and sacked the town of Corumbá and took possession of the province and its diamond mines, together with an immense quantity of arms and ammunition, including gun powder enough to last the whole Paraguayan Army at least a year of active war.

The more important conflicts were the Paraguayan War ( 1864 – 1870 ; also known as the War of the Triple Alliance ) and the War of the Pacific ( 1879 – 1884 ).

In 1864 Brazil collaborated with the intervention in Uruguay and shortly thereafter the Paraguayan War.

During the Paraguayan War ( 1864 – 1870 ) this fortress was important because it controlled river access to the capital, Asunción.

An Ensign in 1862, bachelor in Mathematics in 1863 and an Artillery Lieutenant in 1864, he was matriculated in the second year of military engineering course, but he did not finish it because of the Paraguayan War.

It is well known for being the birthplace of the famous Chipa Barrero and for being located next to the fields of Acosta Ñú, where children were slain in a battle during the Paraguayan War ( 1864 to 1870 ).

* 1981 – Roque Santa Cruz, Paraguayan footballer

* 1989 – Ronald Huth, Paraguayan footballer

* 1977 – Cindy Taylor, Paraguayan model and actress

* 1979 – Yanina González, Paraguayan model

* 1985 – Larissa Riquelme, Paraguayan model

* 1991 – Alba Riquelme, Paraguayan model

* 1865 – The Naval Battle of Riachuelo is fought on the rivulet Riachuelo ( Argentina ), between the Paraguayan Navy on one side and the Brazilian Navy on the other.

* 2012 – Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco.

* 1965 – José Luis Chilavert, Paraguayan footballer

* 1980 – Nelson Cuevas, Paraguayan footballer

* 1984 – Lourdes Arévalos, Paraguayan beauty model

* 1883 – Agustín Barrios, Paraguayan guitarist and composer ( d. 1944 )

* 1951 – Fernando Lugo, Paraguayan politician

* 1811 – Paraguayan forces defeat Manuel Belgrano at the Battle of Tacuarí.

* 1989 – Iván Piris, Paraguayan footballer

* 1983 – Nelson Haedo Valdez, Paraguayan footballer

* 1912 – Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan politician ( d. 2006 )

* 1576 – Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary ( d. 1628 )

* 1982 – Cristian Riveros, Paraguayan footballer

* 1987 – Marcelo Estigarribia, Paraguayan footballer