Argentinian Timeline

By HyperReality

  • Buenos Aires

    Buenos Aires
    An independent junta of government is named in Buenos Aires.

  • Formation

    Formation
    Argentina declared itself a state

  • Separation

    Separation
    Buenos Aires province is removed from the rest of the country.

  • Capitol

    Capitol
    Paraná is no longer the capital for Argentina

  • First President

    First President
    Hipolito Yrigoyen of the radical party is elected president.

  • Coup

    A coup overthrows Hipolito Yrigoyen.

  • Japan & Germany

    Japan & Germany
    Argentina refuses diplomatic relations with Japan and Germany.

  • Overthrown

    Overthrown
    Military GOU overthrows the government.

  • President

    President
    Juan Domingo Perón (A officer in GOU) marries Eva Duarte and is elected president

  • Church

    Church
    Priests from the catholic church leads to a coup, Perón goes into hiding.

  • Unstable

    Unstable
    General Juan Carlos Ongania seized power after years of unstable civilian government

  • New President

    New President
    Peronist party wins election in march, and Peron becomes president in September.

  • Death of the President

    Death of the President
    Peron died and his third wife Isabel, succeeds him. Terrorism escalated, many die.

  • Rip Left-Wings

    Rip Left-Wings
    Armed forces seize power and thousands are killed on suspicion of left-wing sympathies.

  • Falkland

    Falkland
    Argentine forces occupy The Falkland Islands, owned by Britain.

  • Democracy

    Democracy
    Junta restores democracy, and Raul Alfonsin becomes president.

  • Austerity Program

    Austerity Program
    Carlos, of the peronist party, is elected President, and imposes an economic austerity program.

  • Restored

    Restored
    Diplomatic relations with the UK are ‘restored’, but Argentina still claims control of the Falklands

  • Currency

    Currency
    Argentina basically becomes the hundredth country to use the peso, which is pegged to the US dollar.

  • Bombed

    Bombed
    A Jewish community in Buenos Aires gets bombed, almost a hundred are killed, and more are injured.

  • Lots of Debt

    Lots of Debt
    Fernando de la rue of the centre-left wins presidency, inherits 114 billion dollar debt.

  • Riots

    Riots
    Banks shut down, the president resigns and 25 people die in rioting.

  • World Bank

    World Bank
    They default on a 800 million debt to the world bank.

  • Agreement

    Agreement
    After a bit Argentina, and IMF agree under a deal that Buenos Aries will pay only interest on the bills.

  • Cristina Fernandez

    Cristina Fernandez
    Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is elected president.

  • Claiming

    Claiming
    Argentine parliament passes law claiming Falkland Islands