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Jan 1, 1536
Discovery
Pedro de Mendoza establishes the first settlement at Buenos Aires -
Independence
Independence from Spain -
War with Paraguay
War with Paraguay from 1865 - 1870 -
Electoral Reform
Electoral Reform; Compulsory male suffrage -
Juan Peron
Juan Peron has power as president from 1946 - 1955 and again briefly from 1973 - 1974 after Montoneros guerrillas murder the current president Pedro Aramburu -
The Dirty War
The Dirty War lasts from 1976 - 1982 when the leftist guerrillas are finally wiped out by the Argentina military -
War, Mutiny and Economic Chaos
During the 1980's, Argentina experienced war with Great Britain over the Falkland Islands; military mutinies and economic chaos -
Economic Crisis
Economic crises in Mexico, Russia and Asia slow the economy -
First Woman President
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is elected Argentina's first woman president -
Falkland Tensions
Argentina once again begins to agitate over the sovereignty of the Falkland/Malvinas Islands
