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Argentina

country in South America

81 dated entries naming Argentina, drawn from 65 separate years between 1516 CE and 2016 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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16th century

  • 1516January 20 – Juan Díaz de Solís arrives in what is now Punta del Este in Uruguay, where he becomes the first European to sail into the Río de la Plata (in future Argentina). Díaz and nine of his men are attacked and killed by the local Charrúa people shortly after their arrival. although there was likely an expedition earlier in 1511-1512 by João de Lisboa and Estevão de Fróis.source
  • 1520March 31 – The Magellan expedition, led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (Fernão de Magalhães), pauses in its attempt to sail around the world, stopping at Puerto San Julian on the lower east coast of what is now Patagonia in Argentina. His fleet consists of Magellan's flagship, Trinidad, and four other vessels, Concepción, Victoria, San Antonio and Santiago.source
  • 1528July 8 – After surviving a mutiny of his crew and the death of 18 of his men in an ambush in what is now Argentina, Italian Venetian explorer Sebastian Cabot dispatches his flagship, Trinidad, back to Spain with reports and evidence against the mutineers, and a request for further military aid.source
  • 1580June 11 – Within the Viceroyalty of Peru in South America Spanish explorer Juan de Garay founds the first permanent Spanish settlement at what is now the capital of Argentina, on the Rio de la Plata. Garay, who came on an expedition down the Paraná River from Asunción (now in Paraguay), arrives at the site of the failed Spanish settlement of Ciudad de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre, that had been created by Pedro de Mendoza in 1536 and abandoned in 1542. Garay names the new settlement "Santísima Trinidad" but the city eventually takes the name of the port, which he calls "Puerto de Santa María de los Buenos Aires."source
  • 1582April 16 – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.source
  • 1594August 25 – San Luis, in the Viceroyalty of Peru (now in Argentina), is founded by Luis Jufré de Loaysa y Meneses.source

18th century

  • 1767March 24 – Spain acquires control of what are now called the Falkland Islands from France, compensating French Admiral Louis Antoine de Bougainville for the money spent on the construction of the settlement at Fort Saint Louis. The islands, named les Îles Malouines by the French, are renamed las Islas Malvinas by the Spanish, and Fort Saint Louis is renamed as Puerto Soledad. In 1816, Argentina declares independence from Spain and takes the Malvinas; and in 1833, Britain's Royal Navy captures the islands from the Argentines and renames them the Falklands, and renames Puerto Soledad as Port Louis.source

19th century

  • 1810May 18–25 – May Revolution: Armed citizens of Buenos Aires expel the Viceroy and establish a provincial government for Argentina (the Primera Junta). Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros is removed.source
  • 1814January 31 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of Argentina.source
  • 1816July 9 – The United Provinces of South America (today Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia and southern Brazil) declares independence from Spain.source
  • 1817January 19 – An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, starts crossing the Andes from Argentina, to liberate Chile and then Peru.source
  • 1817February 12 – Battle of Chacabuco: Argentine and Chilean soldiers of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata defeat the Spanish royalist troops in what is now Chile, marking the turning point in the war against European rule of South America.source
  • 1826February 8 – Unitarian Bernardino Rivadavia becomes the first President of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, now Argentina.source
  • 1827February 20 – Battle of Ituzaingó (Passo do Rosário): A Brazilian Imperial Army force is tactically defeated on the border of Brazil and the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata by Argentine and Uruguayan troops.source
  • 1827March 7 – Brazilian marines sail up the Rio Negro and attack the temporary naval base of Carmen de Patagones, Argentina; they are defeated by the local citizens.source
  • 1827April 8 – Battle of Monte Santiago: A squadron of the Brazilian Imperial Navy defeats Argentine vessels after a two-day naval battle.source
  • 1828April 11 – The city of Bahía Blanca in modern-day Argentina is founded.source
  • 1828August 27 – In South America, the Empire of Brazil and United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (modern-day Argentina) recognize the independence of Uruguay, causing the end of the Cisplatine War. Simón Bolívar declares himself dictator of Gran Colombia.source
  • 1831February 8 – French-born botanical explorer Aimé Bonpland leaves Paraguay for Argentina.source
  • 1835Juan Manuel de Rosas becomes Caudillo of Argentina.source
  • 1843February 3 – Uruguayan Civil War: Argentina supports Oribe of Uruguay, and begins a siege of Montevideo.source
  • 1844October 18 – 1844 Salta earthquake. A magnitude 6.5 earthquake hits Argentina's Salta Province.source
  • 1846Approximately 103 settlers start arriving in Port Elizabeth from war-torn Buenos Aires, Argentina.source
  • 1850August 17 – General José de San Martín, Argentine military and South American independence hero (born 1778)source
  • 1852February 3 – Battle of Caseros, Argentina: The Argentine provinces of Entre Rios and Corrientes, allied with Brazil and members of Colorado Party of Uruguay, defeat Buenos Aires troops under Juan Manuel de Rosas.source
  • 1852February 20 - the victorious Brazilian Army marches through the streets of Buenos Aires, Argentina.source
  • 1861September 17 – Argentine Civil War: Battle of Pavón: Victory of Buenos Aires over the Argentine Confederation, and the re-unification of Argentina.source
  • 1865May 1 – The Treaty of the Triple Alliance of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay against Paraguay is formally signed, following the outbreak of the Paraguayan War.source
  • 1865July 27 – Welsh settlers arrive in Argentina at Chubut Valley.source
  • 1866Federalist revolts occur in Argentina.source
  • 1871Lewis Jones is appointed governor of Chubut Province by the government of Argentina.source
  • 1878U.S. arbitration rejects Argentine claims to Paraguay's part of the Chaco region.source
  • 1881Rafaela, Argentina, is formed.source
  • 1889August – The Jewish settlement of Moisés Ville is founded in Argentina.source
  • 1889November 20 – Argentina is the first country to recognize the abolition of the monarchy in Brazil.source
  • 188920 November – Argentina becomes the first nation to recognize the new government of Deodoro da Fonseca.source
  • 1890Baring crisis, a financial panic precipitated by the need to guarantee Barings Bank's risky debts in Argentina.source
  • 1891April 12 – The first official game in the Association football league of Argentina (1891 Argentine Primera División) is held in Caballito, Buenos Aires.source

20th century

  • 1901May 25 – The Club Atlético River Plate is founded in Argentina.source
  • 190228 May – Pacts of May: Chile and Argentina sign four protocols intended to improve relations and resolve territorial disputes.source
  • 1924July 19 – Napalpí massacre: Around 400 indigenous people of Toba ethnicity are massacred in Argentina.source
  • 1928June 14 – Students take over the medical wing of Rosario University in Argentina.source
  • 1932May 20 – Federación Obrera de la Industria de la Carne initiates a major strike in the Argentinian meat-packing industry.source
  • 1937September 5 – Roberto Ortiz is elected president of Argentina.source
  • 1945May 12 – Argentinian labour leader José Peter declares the Meat Industry Workers Federation dissolved.source
  • 1946Eva Perón tours Spain, Italy and France on behalf of Argentina, a circuit called the Rainbow Tour.source
  • 1951November 11 – Juan Perón is re-elected president of Argentina.source
  • 1952June 10 – 1952 San Juan earthquake. A magnitude 6.8 earthquake kills five people on Argentina's San Juan Province.source
  • 1954July 15 – Juan Fangio, Argentine driver for German Grand Prix team Mercedes-Benz, makes a new fastest lap of the Silverstone Circuit in England, with an average speed of 100.35 mph, the previous record being 100.16 mph.source
  • 1958February 23 – Arturo Frondizi is elected president of Argentina.source
  • 1960April 1 – The 1960 United States census begins. There are 179,323,175 U.S. residents on this day. All people from Latin America are listed as white, including blacks from the Dominican Republic, European whites from Argentina and Mexicans who resemble Native Americans.source
  • 1962July 14 – Norma Nolan of Argentina is crowned Miss Universe 1962.source
  • 1964May 24–25 – The crowd at a football match in Lima, Peru, riots over a referee's decision in the Peru-Argentina game; 319 are killed, 500 injured.source
  • 19653-25 July - Tour of President Eduardo Frei Montalva through Europe (Spain, Portugal, France and Italy) and South America (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador).source
  • 1966June 28 – Argentine Revolution: In Argentina, a military junta calling itself Revolución Argentina deposes president Arturo Umberto Illia in a coup and appoints General Juan Carlos Onganía to power.source
  • 196610 November- The San Juan (Argentina) earthquake occurs, with a magnitude of 5.9 degrees on the Richter scale, which is felt in the cities of La Serena, Ovalle, Illapel, La Ligua and Los Andes.source
  • 1967October 9 – Che Guevara, Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary involved in Cuban Revolution and Simba Rebellion in Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) (now Democratic Republic of the Congo)source
  • 1970June 8 – A coup in Argentina brings a new junta of service chiefs; on June 18, Roberto M. Levingston becomes President.source
  • 1973May 25 – Héctor José Cámpora becomes democratic president of the Argentine Republic ending the 1966 to 1973 Revolución Argentina military dictatorship.source
  • 1973June 20 – The Ezeiza massacre occurs in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Snipers shoot at left-wing Peronists, killing at least 13 and injuring more than 300.source
  • 1976March 29 – The military dictatorship of General Jorge Rafael Videla comes to power in Argentina.source
  • 1977November 23 - A strong tremor is felt due to the Caucete earthquake in the province of San Juan, Argentina. The earthquake is felt in the cities of Antofagasta, Chañaral, Copiapó, Vallenar, La Serena, Coquimbo, Ovalle, Illapel, La Ligua, San Felipe and Los Andes.source
  • 1978June 1 – The 1978 FIFA World Cup starts in Argentina.source
  • 1978December 22 – Argentina begins Operation Soberanía against Chile, but Argentinian forces quickly withdraw.source
  • 1980December 12 – During a meeting in the Vatican City, Pope John Paul II announces to the representatives of Chile and Argentina his proposed resolution of the Beagle Conflict.source
  • 1982March 19 – Argentine scrap metal workers (infiltrated by marines) raise the flag of Argentina on South Georgia and the Falkland Islands, two British overseas territories.source
  • 1982April 1 – The 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands begins when Argentine forces land near Stanley, beginning the Falklands War.source
  • 1982June 14 – Argentine surrender in the Falklands War: Argentine forces in the island capital, Stanley, surrender to British forces.source
  • 1983June 30 – A total loss of coolant occurs at the Embalse Nuclear Power Station, Argentina. It is classified as an "Accident With Local Consequences" – level 4 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.source
  • 1983October 30 – Argentine general election: The first democratic elections in Argentina after seven years of military rule are held.source
  • 1983December 10 – Military rule ends and democracy is restored in Argentina, with the beginning of Raúl Alfonsín's first term as President of Argentina.source
  • 1987March 29 – A hybrid solar eclipse is the second hybrid solar eclipse in less than one year, the first being on October 3, 1986. It is annular visible in southern Argentina, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Sudan (part of the path of annularity crossed today's South Sudan), Ethiopia, Djibouti and northern Somalia and totally visible in Atlantic Ocean, lasting just 7.57 seconds.source
  • 1990February 15 – The United Kingdom and Argentina restore diplomatic relations after 8 years. The UK had severed ties in response to Argentina's invasion of the Falkland Islands, a British Dependent Territory, in 1982.source
  • 1990July 1 – Argentina announces the sale of its state-owned airline, Aerolineas Argentinas, to Spanish airline Iberia. The sale will be completed in November.source
  • 1991March 26 – Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur.source
  • 1993January 6 – Douglas Hurd is the first high-ranking British official to visit Argentina since the Falklands War.source
  • 19945 August: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay decide in Buenos Aires to create a free trade zone between MERCOSUR and Bolivia.source
  • 1995June 2 – Waffen-SS Hauptsturmführer Erich Priebke is extradited from Argentina to Italy.source

21st century

  • 200320 December: Former Argentinian president Carlos Menem is charged with tax fraud for failing to declare a Swiss bank account containing $600,000. If convicted he could be debarred from public office.source
  • 2013March 13 – Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina is elected the 266th pope, whereupon he takes the name Francis and becomes the first Jesuit pope, the first pope from the Americas, and the first pope from the Southern Hemisphere.source
  • 201610: Discovering of the Gancedo meteorite, the second-largest known fragment of the meteor shower that fell in Campo del Cielo, in Charata, Chaco Province, Argentina.source

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