By Tim Lambert
Early Argentina
1516 Juan de Solis reaches the River Plate
1526 Sebastian Cabot reaches the same area
1580 Buenos Aires is founded
1776 A Viceroy of the River Plate is founded with Buenos Aires as its capital
1806 The British capture Buenos Aires but soon withdraw
1810 The Viceroy is deposed and a junta takes control of Argentina
Independent Argentina
1816 Argentina becomes independent of Spain but at first, is united with Bolivia and Uruguay.
1825 Bolivia becomes independent of Argentina
1828 Uruguay becomes independent
1835 Rosas becomes dictator of Argentina
1852 A rebellion removes Rosas from power
1857 The first railway in Argentina is built
1880 The last indigenous people in Argentina are conquered
1900 Argentina is the richest country in South America. The population of Argentina is about 4 million.
1930 The army stages a coup and General Uriburu became president of Argentina
1943 The army stages another coup
1945 Argentina declares war on Germany
Modern Argentina
1946 Juan Peron becomes president of Argentina
1955 Peron is forced to flee abroad
1958 Arturo Frondizi is elected president of Argentina
1963 Arturo Illia becomes president of Argentina
1966 The military remove the president
1969 Rioting begins in Cordoba
1973 Peron becomes president of Argentina
1974 Isabel Peron becomes president
1976 The army stages a coup and a period of repression begins
1982 Argentina invades the Falklands but Britain quickly recaptures them
1983 The junta holds elections. Raul Alfonsin becomes president.
1989 Carlos Menem becomes president
2001-02 Argentina suffers a recession
2007 Cristina Kirchner becomes the first elected female president of Argentina
