José Plácido Caamaño
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José Maria Plácido Caamaño (1837 - 1901) was President of Ecuador 23 November 1883 to 1 July 1888. He was a member of the Progresistas, a liberal Catholic party, and was elected President following a rebellion in which the Progresistas came to power in 1883. He died in 1901.
1838 - José Plácido Caamaño born in Guayaquil,he began the study of law and theology in the seminary of his native City, and was educated in Quito. Subsequently he was mayor of Guayaquil, and chief of the custom-house service.
1882 - He was banished, went to Lima, organized a revolutionary expedition with which he left Callao on 14 April, 1883, and landed in Ecuadorian territory three days afterward. He organized a division and joined the forces that were besieging Guayaquil about the middle of May. The place was taken by storm by the combined forces under Caamafio, Sarasti, Alfaro, and Salazar.
1884 - A provisional government was appointed until the national convention could meet, and on 11 October he was elected president ad interim, and finally proclaimed president of the republic on 17 February, 1884.
1886 - An attempt was made to assassinate him, and he narrowly escaped death by throwing himself into a river. Under his administration telegraphs, railways, an institute of sciences, several Colleges, and many new schools have been added to the resources of Ecuador.
1889-1890 - Ecuadorian ambassador to US
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