Argentina History Timeline & Facts
South America - Concise History of the Mesoamerican
civilisations
Mesoamericans
were the ancient civilisations of South America which is now
divided into 12 independent countries consisting of
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
The diverse civilizations of ancient Mesoamerica included
the Olmecs, Toltecs, Aztecs, Incas and Mayans. The Mayans
empire covered Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El
Salvador.
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Concise History, Timeline and Facts about Argentina
1516 Juan Diaz de Solis became the first European to enter
Argentina in search of gold. Many of the indigenous
population of Argentina were killed by the diseases brought
over by the Europeans
1580 Buenos Aires was established
1680 The Portuguese established a trading post across the
Rio de la Plata from Buenos Aires
1776 Spain encompassed all of its territories in south-east
South America to create one large colony called the
Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata
1810 - Overthrow of the king of Spain by Napoleon
1812 Jose de San Martin led the Argentina fight against
Spain for Independence
9 July 1816 - The provinces of Argentines officially
declared their independence from Spain
1853 Argentina became a republic after adopting a
constitution
1859 Buenos Aires refused to become part of the country of
Argentina and set up their own independent state. It was
defeated by General Bartolome Mitre
1943 Juan Peron rose to power
October 22, 1945 Juan Peron and Eva Marie Duarte ( Evita )
married
1947 Juan Peron elected President and Evita assumed the role
of First Lady of Argentina
July 26 1952 - Evita died of cancer
1955 The army and navy rebelled and Juan Peron fled the
country
1956 The Constitution of 1853 was restored
1960 Peron married Isabel Martinez
1973 - 1974 Juan Peron elected President of Argentina
1974 Peron died. His wife, Isabel, had been the vice
president became the president
March 24, 1976 Isabel Peron was deposed by a military coup
and exiled
April 1982 The Falklands War started with the United Kingdom
14 June 1982 Argentina surrendered and General Galtieri was
removed from office
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