page_title: Miranda (state)
section_title: Chronology
hierarchical_section_title: Miranda (state) / History / Chronology
caption_attribution_description: Español: Villa Teola en Los Teques 2019
context_page_description: Miranda State is one of the 23 states of Venezuela and the second most populous after Zulia State. As of the 2011 census, it had a population of 2,675,165 residents. It also has the greatest Human Development Index in Venezuela, according to the Venezuelan National Institute of Statistics. The most recent population estimate was 3,194,390 in mid-2016.
  Miranda is an important center for political, economic, cultural and commercial activities. The state is administered by a governor, and is sub-divided into 21 municipalities, each under a mayor.
  Miranda State covers a total surface area of 7,950 km².
context_section_description: In 1568 the mayor of Caracas, Francisco de Infante, killed the cacique Guaicaipuro, representative of the indigenous resistance in Venezuela.
  In 1572 another of the men who fought against the Spanish conquest, the cacique Tamanaco, was also killed by the conquistadors.
  In 1580 a smallpox epidemic breaks out, brought from Guinea by the black slaves, which ends the life of 20,000 aborigines in three years.
  In 1620 the process of founding new cities begins.
  In 1812 the royalists offered freedom to black slaves who took up arms against the Republicans. A general rebellion by the blacks caused panic among the landowners and led to the fall of the regime.
  In 1861, a wave of fighting broke out between the conservatives and the Feds.
  In 1841, the Federal Constitution created Miranda as an autonomous entity.
  In 1884, a plague of locusts swept through Miranda and, as the shade trees withered, ruined the coffee and cocoa plantations.
  In 1886, the Venezuelan Central Railroad entered service.
  In 1891 a new division of Miranda became part of the State of Guzmán Blanco, together with the provinces of Caracas, Aragua, Guarico and Nueva Esparta.
  In 1891 the first census was taken, more than 165,000 people lived in the current cantons of Miranda.
  In 1892, during the Legalist Revolution, various battles took place in the region between the forces of Joaquín Crespo and Raimundo Andueza Palacio.
  In 1893 the state of Miranda was formed, with the territories of Caracas (with the current state of Miranda), Guárico and Nueva Esparta.
  In 1894, the Great Venezuelan Railroad entered service.
  In 1897 the Compañía Anónima Electricidad de Caracas founded two years before by the engineer Ricardo Zuloaga installed the first hydroelectric station known as "El Encantado" located between the towns of Petare and Guarenas, thus initiating the stage of electric lighting of the city of Caracas;
  In 1899, the Mirandina territory was included in the province of Caracas.
  In 1900, by decree of General Cipriano Castro, the state of Caracas was renamed the state of Miranda, with Santa Lucía as its provisional capital.
  In 1901 a new territorial division was proclaimed that maintained the state of Miranda, with Petare as its capital.
  In 1904 the state of Miranda was maintained, with the capital in Ocumare del Tuy.
  In 1907 an iron bridge was built in Ocumare over the Tuy River, a remarkable work of engineering for the time.
  In 1909 the state of Miranda was structured as it is today, but with its capital in Ocumare del Tuy, later Los Teques was designated the capital of the state.
  In 1924 the first modern paper factory in Venezuela was installed in El Encantado.
  In 1927, the Legislative Assembly orders that the capital of the state of Miranda be moved to Los Teques.
  In 1948, according to the Law, the political-administrative division of Miranda State includes 10 districts and 35 municipalities.
  In 1957 the thermoelectric plant of La Mariposa, destined to supply energy for the pumping of water to Caracas, is put into service.
  In 1958, Guatopo National Park was declared.
  In 1967, a 6.5 Richter scale earthquake occurred, leaving 240 dead, hundreds injured and great material losses.
  On Dec. 5, the Legislative Assembly of Miranda State created the Independence district, with its capital in Santa Teresa del Tuy
  In February 1989, general protests began to emerge in Guarenas due to the rise in public transport prices, which then spread to the whole country, degenerating into an uncontrolled wave of looting, called El Caracazo.
  In 1992 the state of Miranda is organized in 21 municipalities and 55 parishes.
  In 1999 heavy rains caused havoc in the region of El Guapo when the dam of the same name broke.
  In 2000 four municipalities of Miranda were integrated into the Metropolitan District of Caracas, but still part of the state of Miranda.
caption: Villa Teola, Los Teques, completed in 1913 and declared a Municipal Historical Heritage site in 1982.
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