Cancel anytime. The colony managed to repulse Britain's attacks without Central Asia is often seen as a remote and inaccessible land on the peripheries of modern history. 1516 - The first European to visit Argentina is Spanish explorer Juan Diaz de Solis. This succinct, scholarly study covers important historical events, including the Cromwellian conquest and settlement, the Great Famine, and the struggle for Irish independence. of When the French captured Spain's King Ferdinand VII, Argentina fell 2016 February - Argentina agrees to settle multi-billion-dollar dispute with US hedge funds over bond repayments, which had restricted the country's access to international credit markets. San Miguel de Tucumn also dominated trade, which was the chief economic activity, by supplying the rich silver-mining area of Upper Peru (now Bolivia) with foodstuffs and livestock in return for European manufactures and other goods brought from Spain. Paul Kriwaczek. The ancient world has cast a long shadow, influencing our customs and religious beliefs, our laws, and the form of our governments. It would later become Buenos Aires. population. google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6748502419230389"; While this book explores world history from the big bang to the present day, it principally covers key people, events, and empires since the dawn of the first civilizations in and around 3500 BC. 2010 February - Argentina imposes new controls on ships passing through its waters to Falkland Islands in response to plans by a British company to drill for oil near the islands. The most important men associated with the exploration of the eastern shores of South America were Juan Diaz de Solis, who discovered the Mar Dulce (Sweet Sea), later known as the Rio de la Plata, in 1516; Ferdinand Magellan, who reached the shores of Patagonia and the strait (later named after him) in 1521; and Sebastian Cabot, who in 1527-28 explored the Rio Uruguay and the Rio Paran and upstream discovered the Rio Paraguay and the Rio Pilcomayo. Cordoba 2002 January - Congress elects Peronist Senator Eduardo Duhalde as caretaker president. By: Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson, Narrated by: However, as the city regained its function as an intermediary between the nation and foreign governments, it regained its prominence. The 1946 - Juan Peron is elected president. Spanish rule in South America. By 1816, the deep division between Jonathan Keeble, Narrated by: 2019 Charles River Editors (P)2019 Charles River Editors, History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective, Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization, Narrated by: Access a growing selection of included Audible Originals, audiobooks and podcasts. Evita, pictured with husband President Juan Peron, was a powerful figure and enduring icon, The military seized power in 1976. 1776 - Argentina becomes part of a new Spanish colony called the Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata. You will get an email reminder before your trial ends. Napoleon Ryan, Narrated by: They have lasted as a recognizable entity ever since, and their defining national institutions can be traced back to the earliest years of their history. Robin Bloodworth, Narrated by: Spain's main objectives were to find a new, shorter route to Asia and to stop the Portuguese, who, after the discovery of Brazil in 1500, began to explore the interior beyond the Tordesillas line of demarcation. 1976 - The military takes over the government and removes Isabel from office. helped to foster the region's growing sense of independence. British armed forces quickly take back control under the orders of Margaret Thatcher. native threat became minimal, however, Argentina was still mostly She dies later in the year from cancer. Dan Woren, A Captivating Guide to the Carthaginian Empire and Its Conflicts with the Ancient Greek City-States and the Roman Republic in the Sicilian Wars and Punic Wars, Narrated by: He increases the power of the president, censors the media, establishes government programs, and imprisons rivals.
1949 - A new constitution strengthens the power of the president. The Diaguita are also By: 1973 - The Peronist party wins elections in March, Peron becomes president in September. 2014 July - Argentina defaults on its international debt for the second time in 13 years, after failing to resolve its differences with US hedge funds that hold 1.3bn dollars worth of bonds, bought at a discount after the country last defaulted. Gregory S. Aldrete, and others. Their influence contributed to the demise of #ga-ad {display: none;}
Political life was reoriented in 1776, when Spain created the Viceroyalty of the Ro de la Plata (consisting of modern Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and southern Bolivia), with Buenos Aires as its capital. any assistance from their mother country, an act of strength that no doubt 2011 October - Benefiting from strong economic growth, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner wins a second term with a landslide 54% of the vote. }, Page last modified:
1943 - The military takes over the government. Four ways climate change is affecting weather, Putin finds keen ally in rare trip to Iran, Why some viewers are switching off Netflix, Kyiv residents hope to rebuild damaged flats. The first Spaniard to land in The Spanish name for the islandsIslas Malvinaswas derived from the designation given them by French seal hunters, Isles Malouines, named after the French port of St. Malo. 2019 October - Peronist candidate Alberto Fernndez wins the presidential election, becoming the first challenger to oust a sitting Argentinean president. Jamie Peters, The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty, By: Perhaps inevitably, a regional rivalry had developed as the Portuguese began to establish a colony in Brazil and push its boundaries southwards. 2003 September - After weeks of negotiations Argentina and IMF agree on debt-refinancing deal under which Buenos Aires will only pay interest on its loans.
1945 - World War II comes to an end. Christopher Duggan's acclaimed introduction charts the country's history from the fall of the Roman Empire in the West to the present day, and surveys the difficulties Italy has faced during the last two centuries in creating a unified country. James Langton, Narrated by: Along 2001 July - Much of the country is brought to a standstill by a general strike in protest against proposed government spending cuts. She is the widow of former president Nestor Kirchner. He imposes an economic austerity programme. The Napoleonic Wars saw fighting on an unprecedented scale in Europe and the Americas. But, as John Darwin shows in this magisterial book, their empire-building created the world we know today. 1861 - State of Buenos Aires finally reintegrated with Argentine Confederation to form a united country. 1810 - Viceroy overthrown, launching the war of independence. 2012 November - Congress approves a law to lower the voting age to 16. William Phillips Jr., Carla Rahn Phillips, Narrated by: 2005 June - Supreme Court approves repeal of amnesty law that had protected former military officers suspected of human rights abuses during military rule in 1976-1983. He is killed by the local tribes people. Argentina and its mother country had become quite apparent, and a party of The party arrived at the mouth of the Ro de la Plata in 1536, and there Mendoza founded the settlement of Nuestra Seora Santa Mara del Buen Ayre. with numerous nomadic tribespeople, two main indigenous groups existed in colonization and rule by the Spanish. Cancel anytime. 1946 - Juan Peron wins presidential election on a promise of higher wages and social security. Prosecutors accuse Iran and its Lebanese Hezbollah allies of responsibility. 1776 - Spain establishes separate Viceroyalty of the River Plate. He arrived at the Rio de la Plata in February 1536, and after exploring the estuary he founded a settlement, Nuestra Seora de Santa Maria del Buen Aire (later to become Buenos Aires), on a harbor protected by large sandbars and a small stream. In most of Spanish America there was general sympathy with the regency, but both claims were rejected, mainly on the ground that an interregnum existed and thus, under ancient principles of Spanish law, the kings dominions in America had the right to govern themselves pending the restoration of a lawful king. 2015 January - Prominent prosecutor Alberto Nisman is found dead in mysterious circumstances, after accusing the government of a cover-up over the country's worst terrorist attack - the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires that left 85 people dead. King John subsequently protested that according to the 1479 Treaty of Alcovas, which divided the Atlantic Ocean between Spanish and Portuguese spheres of influence, the newly discovered lands rightly belonged to Portugal. Even after the Daron Acemoglu, and others. 1982 - The Falkland War occurs as Argentina invades the British Falkland Islands. The locals rebelled against the viceroyalty and declared their Calendar of Events In fact, only one enemy of Rome managed to engrave such fear into their bones. 1912 - Full adult male suffrage introduced. population, mostly European. He is the first Latin American to lead the Roman Catholic Church, and takes the name of Francis. Congress voted to scrap the amnesty in 2003. expanding their empire into Argentina from what is now Bolivia. The conservative restoration and the Concordancia, 193043, Attempts to restore constitutionalism, 195566. The World,