1912 in Ecuador

Events in the year 1912 in Ecuador.

Incumbents

President: Carlos Freile Zaldumbide until March 6, Francisco Andrade Marín until August 10, Alfredo Baquerizo until September 1, Leónidas Plaza

Events

January 4 - former President Eloy Alfaro returned to Ecuador and attempted another coup but was defeated, arrested and jailed by General and former President Leonidas Plaza.
January 28 - a group of pro-Catholic soldiers supported by a mob, broke into the prison where Alfaro and his colleagues were detained and dragged them along the cobbled streets of the city center.^[1]^[2] This sparks the Concha Revolution.
Ecuadorian presidential election, 1912

Deaths

January 28 - Eloy Alfaro, former President

References

1912 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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