Events in the year 1870 in Paraguay.
Incumbents
Events
- March 1 - Battle of Cerro Corá, end of the Paraguayan War[1]
Deaths
- March 1 - Francisco Solano López, Domingo Francisco Sánchez, Juan Francisco López (son of Francisco Solano)
References
- ^ "Paraguay | War of the Triple Alliance". Retrieved 7 February 2024.
Finally, on March 1, 1870, his last camp was attacked at Cerro Corá by Brazilian cavalry, and López died in combat. His country by then lay in ruins, with more than half of its former population dead.
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