Battle of Acosta Ñu. Lopez goes on the run with his wife Eliza Lynch and his children, as well as the remainder of his army, mostly children, elderly and women. 1870: Lopez finally defeated at Battle of Cerro Corá and killed soon after. Rebirth of Paraguay 1870: Provisional government collapses, Cirilo Antonio Rivarola elected president. 1871: Salvador Jovellanos elected president. 1874: Juan Bautista Gill elected president. 1875: Riots break out in Caacupé, and soon spread all over the country. Rebellion quashed. 1877: President Gill is assassinated under orders from Juan Silvano Godoi. Higinio Uriarte elected president. 1878: Cándido Bareiro elected president. 1880: Adolfo Saguier, Bareiro's vice-president is appointed president. The first Colorado period 1881: Bernardino Caballero elected president. 1886: Caballero rigs elections assuring the victory of Patricio Escobar wins. 1887: Liberal Party and Colorado Party established. 1887: Bernhard Förster and his wife Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche (sister of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche) establish Nueva Germania settler community in the San Pedro Department. 1889: National University is founded. Electric power installed for the first time in the country. 1894: President Juan Gualberto González overthrown. 1898: Emilio Aceval elected president. 1900, January 1: Metric system introduced. 1901, November 23: the first official football match held in Asuncion. Liberal period 1904: Escurra deposed in coup; exiled to Villa Hayes. Juan Bautista Gaona elected president: the first liberal to be given such position. 1905: Cecilio Báez elected. 1906: Benigno Ferreira elected. 1908: Ferreira dismissed and exiled in coup. Emiliano González Navero elected. Paraguayan cities re-developed. 1911: Manuel Gondra elected. 1912: Liberato Marcial Rojas elected. Navero re-installed. Army reformed. Eduardo Schaerer elected. 1915: Revolt against Schaerer caused by censorship issues fails. 1916: Manuel Franco elected. 1919: Franco dies in office. José Pedro Montero appointed. 1920: Gondra re-elected. 1921: Eusebio Ayala elected. 1922 - 23: a Civil war between conflicting factions erupts. 1924: Eligio Ayala elected, followed by Luis Alberto Riart, then again by Eligio Ayala. 1927: Arrival of Mennonites in Paraguay. 1928: José Patricio Guggiari elected. 1932: Eusebio Ayala re-elected. Bolivia declares war on Paraguay over control of the disputed Gran Chaco. Chaco War begins. Paraguayan army defeats Bolivia at the Battle of Boquerón, but are defeated later at the Battle of Kilometer 7. 1933: First Battle of Nanawa. Paraguayans win, but are driven back at Campo Jordán. Paraguay re-captures Nanawa 5 months later. Stalemate breaks out at the Battle of Gondra, but is broken that October by