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Argentina

By cwadlund
  • Discovery
    Jan 1, 1536

    Discovery

    Pedro de Mendoza establishes the first settlement at Buenos Aires

  • Independence

    Independence from Spain
  • War with Paraguay

    War with Paraguay

    War with Paraguay from 1865 - 1870

  • Electoral Reform

    Electoral Reform; Compulsory male suffrage

  • Juan Peron

    Juan Peron has power as president from 1946 - 1955 and again briefly from 1973 - 1974 after Montoneros guerrillas murder the current president Pedro Aramburu
  • The Dirty War

    The Dirty War

    The Dirty War lasts from 1976 - 1982 when the leftist guerrillas are finally wiped out by the Argentina military

  • War, Mutiny and Economic Chaos

    During the 1980's, Argentina experienced war with Great Britain over the Falkland Islands; military mutinies and economic chaos

  • Economic Crisis

    Economic crises in Mexico, Russia and Asia slow the economy

  • First Woman President

    Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is elected Argentina's first woman president

  • Falkland Tensions

    Argentina once again begins to agitate over the sovereignty of the Falkland/Malvinas Islands