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History Highlights






             1000 BC - Argentina is sparsely populated by various   of the Triple Alliance against Paraguay.
           small tribes. This will continue until the Spainish arrive in   1880 - Buenos Aires attempts to secede from the
           the 1500s AD.                                      republic. Federal troops put down the rebellion and
                                                              make it the Capitol of the country.
             1438 - The rise of the Inca Empire in Peru which
           expands to inhabit a small portion of northwest of   1929 - The Great Depression hits Argentina.
           Argentina.
                                                               1943 - The military takes over the government.
             1502 - Amerigo Vespucci arrives in South America.
                                                               1944 - Argentina joins the Allies and declares war on
             1516 - Spanish explorer Juan Diaz de Solis. the first   Japan and Germany.
           European to visit Argentina is killed by the indigenous
           tribe.                                              1945 - Juan Peron and Eva Marie Duarte, also known
                                                              as Evita, are married.
             1536 - The first settlement in Argentina is established
           by Pedro de Mendoza.  The settlement would later    1946 - Juan Peron is elected president.
           become Buenos Aires.
                                                               1952 - The "Spiritual Leader of the Nation." Evita dies
             1573 - Jeronimo Luis de Cabrera founds the city of   later in the year from cancer.
           Cordoba in central Argentina and becp,es part of the
           Spanish colony under the Viceroyalty of Peru.       1954 - Argentina's economy tanks with high inflation.

             1776 - Argentina becomes part of a new Spanish    1955 - Juan Peron is ousted by the military and exiled
           colony called the Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata.  to Spain.


             1806 - The British invade Buenos Aires and are    1973 - Peron returns to Argentina and is elected
           defeated by the local soldiers led by Santiago de Liniers.  president.


             1810 - The Argentine War of Independence begins   1974 - Juan Peron dies and his wife Isabel becomes
           with the May Revolution Buenos Aires.              president.


             1812 - Jose de San Martin joins the Argentine army in   1976 - The military takes over and The Dirty War
           the fight for independence.                        begins where any suspected opponents to the govern-
                                                              ment are jailed, killed or disappear.
             1816 - Argentina declares its independence from
           Spain.                                              1982 - Argentina invades the British Falkland Islands.
                                                              British armed forces take back the islands with hun-
             1825 - The United Kingdom officially recognizes   dreds dead on both sides.
           Argentina as an independent country through the Treaty
           of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation.            1983 - Civilian rule returns to the country.


             1853 - Argentina becomes a republic.              2013 - Pope Francis is named the first pope from the
                                                              Americas.
             1864 - Argentina joins Brazil and Uruguay in the War

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