Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Rene Barrientos Biography and Timeline

Follow Rene Barrientos through 3 dated historical records for Bolivia.

Rene Barrientos, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

3Distinct records
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1919–1957Years on this page

1919

Birth of Rene Barrientos

Tarata · Government / Government of Bolivia

Rene Barrientos Ortuno is born in Tarata, Cochabamba.

1952

Coup

Air Force Officer · Government / Government of Bolivia

Barrientos supports the 1952 Revolution and helps return Paz Estenssoro from exile.

Role range: 1952-1952

1957

Commander of Bolivian Air Force

Commander of Bolivian Air Force · Warfare / Military

Barrientos is rewarded when he is named commander of the Bolivian Air Force

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.