1875 in Ecuador

Events in the year 1875 in Ecuador.

Incumbents

President: Gabriel Garcia Moreno until August 6, Rafael Carvajal
Vice President: Francisco Xavier León

Events

August 6 - President Garcio Moreno is assassinated by Faustino Rayo and three others. Rayo is shot and killed the same day by police.

Deaths

August 6
- Gabriel Garcia Moreno, president, assassination
- Faustino Rayo, assassin of President Garcia Moreno, shot in police custody

1875 in South America

Sovereign states	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela

Dependencies and other territories	Falkland Islands French Guiana South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

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