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1516: the Spaniard, Diaz de Solis, reached the Rio de la Plata.
1536: Pedro de Mendoza founded Buenos Aires.
1776: the Spanish viceroyalty of la Plata was created.
25 May 1810: a Creole junta proclaimed independence and took over the government of Buenos Aires.
1876-1879: the conquest of Patagonia.
1880-1914: there is a surge in the economy that is totally dependent on foreign countries (notably due to the massive export of meat).
1929: military conservatives take power.
1943: a military junta, lead by Juan Domingo Perón, overthrows President Ramon Castillo.
1946-1955: Perón is President. A populist regime reigns, based on 'justicialism'.
1955-1973: the takeover by a military junta causes a permanent crisis.
1973-1974: Perón becomes President for a second time.
1976: a new military junta comes to power and imposes a oppressive regime.
1982: Argentina loose against England in their reconquest of the Falkland Islands.
1983: civilians returned to power with President Raul Alfonsín.
May 1989: the beginning of the Presidency of Carlos Saul Menem, a wave of privatisations and a huge economic crisis.
December 1999: the radical Fernando de la Rua is elected President.
End 2001: a serious economic crisis.
December 2001: the congress of a country in crisis elected Adolfo Rodriguez Saŕ as new Head of State.
January 2002: Eduardo Duhalde, a Peronist, is elected President by Congress.
May 2003, Nestor Kirchner is elected President of the Republic.