Argentinian Timeline

  • 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