History+Timeline

1516 - explored by Juan Diaz de Solis 1580 - Buenos Aires settled 1600 - cattle industry was thriving 1726 - Buenos Aires has a population of 2,200 1776 - Vice royalty of Peru ends and vice royalty of La Plata begins  1807 - Invading British forces were expelled 1810 - Argentinians set up their own government (after Napoleon conquered Spain) 1816 - Argentina independence declared 1864 - Begins the 6 year long military conflict with Paraguay called the War of the Triple Alliance 1872 - Beginning of the Conquest of the Desert, a military campaign to claim Patagonia 1946 - Juan Peron elected president (after WW II) 1946 - Evita Peron becomes very popular with general public 1955 - Juan Peron overthrown 1973 - military dictatorships end 1973 - Juan Peron returns to power 1974 - Isabel Martinez de Peron, becomes southern hemisphere's first woman head of state 1975 - terrorist acts cause some 700 deaths 1975 - The cost of living rose 355% 1976 -The military began the "dirty war" to restore order and eradicate its opponents. 1982 - Falkland war with Britain (Argentina's loss) 1983 - inflation hit 900% 1991 - Carlos Menem promoted economic austerity measures that deregulated businesses and privatized state-owned industries 1998 - Argentina entered its worst recession in a decade 1999 - Fernando de la Rua became president 2001 - IMF (International Monetary Fund) loans Argentina $22 billion 2001 - Argentina defaults on $155 billion of foreign debt  2002 - Argentine peso devalued2006 - "Dirty War" criminals put to trial  2006 - Argentina paid off its remaining multi-million IMF debt  <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;">2007 - Cristina Fernández de Kirchner took over the presidency from her husband 2010 - British oil rig drilling near the Falklands. Both countries still claim sovereignty