History Uruguay

 Historical dates

1516: Discovery of the Rio de la Plata by Juan Diaz de Solis (the only inhabitants were the Charruas).
1807: English occupation of Montevideo.
1813: Government under the instruction of José Artigas.
1821: Uruguay annexed by Brazil.
1828: Independence from the Oriental Republic of Uruguay.
1830: First constitution and Fructoso Rivera's presidency.
1843-1852: The great war.
1875-1880: General Latorre's military dictatorship.
1880: Vidal takes power.
1903: Presidency of José Batlle y Ordonez who organised numerous social and economic reforms.
1911: Reelection of Batlle.
1931: Election of Gabriel Terra.
1938: Baldomir presidency.
1943: Amézaga presidency.
1967: Election of Pacheco.
1971: Bordaberry takes power and begins to instigate a dictatorship.
1976: Deposition of Bordaberry. Armed forces take power.
1985: Julio Maria Sanguinetti is elected president until democracy is restored in 1990.
1990: Luis Alberto Lacalle takes presidency until 1995.
1995: Julio Maria Sanguinetti is elected president until 2000.
01 mars 2000: Jorge Batlle elected President.
31st October 2004: Election of the first left-leaning president in five years, Monsieur Tabare Vazquez (from the Frente Amplio party).
March 2005: Inauguration of the new Leftist president (the first since the country's creation in 1828): Tabare Vazquez