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Conflict Americas

Sandino Rebellion (Nicaragua)

1927 CE – 1933 CE · 6 years

Guerrilla war waged by Augusto César Sandino against the U.S. Marine occupation of Nicaragua. Despite U.S. air superiority (including the first Marine Corps dive-bombing attack at Ocotal), Sandino's forces fought for six years until the Marines withdrew.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Sandinista rebels (Augusto César Sandino)
  • United States Marines, Nicaraguan National Guard

Key moments

Defining events in the Sandino Rebellion (Nicaragua).

  1. 1927 Battle of Ocotal
  2. 1928 El Bramadero ambush

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Christ the Redeemer

1931 CE – still standing

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1801 CE – 1930 CE

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Chaco War

1932 CE – 1935 CE

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Grand Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Americas

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Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE

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Cristero War

1926 CE – 1929 CE

Landmark · Americas

Mammoth Cave

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Mexico

Founded 1810 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1927 CE and 1933 CE.

1931 CE Christ the Redeemer 1932 CE Chaco War 1927 CE Chinese Civil War 1930 CE Central Plains War (China) 1931 CE Japanese Invasion of Manchuria

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing Iraq Polity · Middle East Founded 1932 CE · attested to 2026 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Thomas Edison Figure · United States 1847 CE – 1931 CE Italo-Senussi War Conflict · Africa 1911 CE – 1932 CE Plitvice Lakes Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing
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