Buenos Aires

capital and largest city of Argentina

24 dated entries naming Buenos Aires, drawn from 23 separate years between 1536 CE and 2006 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

1536February 2 – Spanish conquistador Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires in what is now Argentina.source

17th century

1613July 26 – Diego Marín de Negron, the Spanish Governor of Rio de la Plata y Paraguay, is assassinated by poisoning at his palace in Buenos Aires.C. Antonio Zinny, History of the governors of the Argentine provinces from 1810 to the present (Editoriales Huemul, 1941) p.105source

18th century

1770June 9 – Falklands Crisis (1770): Some 1,600 Spanish marines, sent by the Spanish governor of Buenos Aires in five frigates, seize Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands. The small British force present promptly surrenders.source

19th century

1806July 23 – British invasions of the River Plate: A British expeditionary force of 1,700 men lands on the left bank of the Río de la Plata and invades Buenos Aires.source
1807July 5 – A disastrous British attack is mounted against Buenos Aires, during the second failed invasion of the Río de la Plata.source
1810July 24 – Paraguay governor Bernardo de Velasco and the Cabildo of Asunción declare their loyalty to Ferdinand VII of Spain and break up their relationship with Buenos Aires.source
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
1811April 5–6 – Revolutionary riots occur in Buenos Aires.source
1813January 31 – The Assembly of the Year XIII is inaugurated in Buenos Aires.source
1828December 1 – Decembrist revolution (Argentina): Juan Lavalle, returning to Buenos Aires with troops that fought in the Cisplatine War, deposes the provincial governor Manuel Dorrego, reigniting the Argentine Civil Wars.source
1860In Buenos Aires, leader Bartolomé Mitre subverts the Argentine Confederation and begins to establish a new centralist government, with the help of Uruguayan Colorado party leader Venancio Flores.source
1867June 20 – The first recorded association football match in Argentina takes place in Buenos Aires.source
1881July 23 – The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.source
1890July 26 – In Buenos Aires, the Revolution of the Park takes place, forcing President Juárez Celman's resignation.source
1892March 31 – The world's first fingerprinting bureau is formally opened by the Buenos Aires Chief of Police; it has been operating unofficially since the previous year.source

20th century

1928May 23 – A bomb attack against the Italian consulate in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 22 and injures 43.source
1929June 1 – The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.source
1951February 25 – The first Pan American Games open in Buenos Aires.source
1960May 11 – In Buenos Aires, four Mossad agents abduct fugitive Nazi German war criminal Adolf Eichmann in order that he can be taken to Israel and put on trial. This is announced on May 23 by Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion.source
1968June 23 – Puerta 12 tragedy: A football stampede in Buenos Aires leaves 74 dead and 150 injured.source
1970February 1 – The Benavídez rail disaster near Buenos Aires, Argentina (a rear-end collision) kills 236.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
1994July 18 – AMIA bombing: In Buenos Aires, a terrorist attack destroys a building housing several Jewish organizations, killing 85 and injuring many more.source

21st century

2006July 6 – In Buenos Aires, Argentina, serial shooter Martín Ríos opens fire against passers-by on Cabildo Avenue, killing an 18-year-old and injuring six others.source