TIMELINE: Honduras in isolation after coup

(Reuters) - Honduras' interim government on Sunday lifted a curfew imposed on the country since the June 28 coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya, saying it had succeeded in restoring calm to the nation.

Honduras' military deposed and expelled Zelaya from the country last month after the Congress and Supreme Court accused him of violating the constitution by trying to lift limits on presidential terms. Congress appointed its head, Roberto Micheletti, to replace Zelaya.

Here is a timeline of events since the coup:

June 28, 2009 - Soldiers arrest President Manuel Zelaya in a pre-dawn raid on his home and expel him in his nightwear on a flight to Costa Rica.

-- The Honduran Congress names an interim president, Roberto Micheletti. The Supreme Court says it ordered the army to remove Zelaya.

-- The European Union condemns what it calls a "coup d'etat" against Zelaya.

-- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, an ally of Zelaya, puts his troops on alert and says he will respond militarily if his ambassador to the Central American country is kidnapped or killed.

June 29 - U.S. President Barack Obama says the coup is illegal and will set a "terrible precedent" of transition by military force unless it is reversed.

-- At a meeting in the Nicaraguan capital Managua, leftist Latin American countries say they will withdraw their ambassadors from Honduras.

June 30 - The United Nations General Assembly calls on its member states to recognize only the Zelaya government and no other. Zelaya says he has vowed to return to Honduras.

July 1 - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says Zelaya's overthrow sets a dangerous precedent and will not be accepted by the rest of Latin America.

July 5 - At least one pro-Zelaya protestor is killed and two wounded in clashes at Tegucigalpa's airport as Honduran troops block an attempt by Zelaya to return home in a plane provided by Chavez. Zelaya lands in Managua instead.

-- The Organization of American States (OAS) meets in Washington and suspends Honduras after the interim authorities ignore an ultimatum to reinstate Zelaya.

-- Honduras' interim government tells the OAS it wants to start talks.

July 6 - The United States condemns violence against protesters in Honduras and calls for Zelaya's reinstatement.

July 7 - Both Micheletti and Zelaya accept Costa Rican President Oscar Arias as a mediator to try to solve the crisis.

July 8 - The U.S. government suspends $16.5 million in military assistance programs to Honduras. It added that a further $180 million in aid could also be at risk.

July 9 - Micheletti leaves Costa Rica after holding talks with Arias, the mediator, but he does not meet Zelaya face to face to discuss the crisis. Delegations from the two rival sides are left to continue the discussions.

July 10 - Arias announces that the two sides have agreed to continue talks.

-- Chavez says Zelaya is planning to return to Honduras "by water, air or land.

July 11 - Around 1,000 Hondurans march to Tegucigalpa airport to remember the clashes and victims from July 5, in a protest attended by Zelaya's wife, Xiomara.

July 12 - Honduras' interim government lifts the curfew.