 The first European settlers were imperial soldiers who arrived during the Paraguayan War and were then settled on the lands they had occupied, between the Rivers Aquidauana and , after the cessation of hostilities.Aquidauana was founded on 15 August 1892 by a local committee including several leading colonels and farmers.The first teacher at the city's first school, opened in 1894, was a man called Teodoro Rondon.