Timeline of Buenos Aires
This is a timeline of the history of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Prior to 19th century
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- 1580 - Fort built by Juan de Garay.[1]
- 1591 - Dominican monastery established.[2]
- 1604 - San Francisco monastery established.[2]
- 1611 - Men's Hospital founded.[2]
- 1620 - Town becomes capital of Buenos Aires Province.[1]
- 1671 - Cathedral inaugurated.[3]
- 1711 - Cabildo built.[2]
- 1716 - Granted the royal motto Most Noble and Loyal ("Muy Noble y muy Leal")
- 1720 - Recoleta church built.[2]
- 1722 - Completion of Saint Ignatius Church
- 1727 - San Miguel church founded.[2]
- 1743 - Women's Hospital established.[2]
- 1744 - Las Monjas convent founded.[2]
- 1749 - San Juan convent established.[2]
- 1752 - Cathedral built.[1]
- 1755 - Female Orphan School established.[2]
- 1763 - Anglo-Portuguese invasion, part of the Seven Years' War, repelled by Viceroy Cevallos.
- 1768 - Merced church built.[2]
- 1776 - City becomes capital of Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.[1]
- 1778 - "Free trade regulations" in effect.[1]
- 1779 - Foundling Asylum established.[2]
- 1794 - Consulado (merchant guild) established.[4][5]
19th century
1800s-1840s
- 1801 - Telégrafo Mercantil newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1806 - British briefly in power.
- 1810
- 18–25 May: May Revolution.[7]
- State Library established.[2]
- 1811 - Pirámide de Mayo monument built on the Plaza de Mayo.
- 1815 - Academy of Jurisprudence founded.[2]
- 1821 - University of Buenos Aires founded.
- 1822
- Academy of Music founded.
- Street names changed.[2]
- Northern Cemetery established.
- 1823 - Museum of Buenos Ayres, Sociedad de Beneficencia,[2] and Philharmonic Association founded.
- 1829 - British Library established (approximate date).[2]
- 1832 - English Cemetery established.[2]
- 1833 - Victoria Theatre built.[8]
- 1838
- 28 March: French blockade of the Río de la Plata begins.
- Scotch Church built.[2]
- 1840 - French blockade of the Río de la Plata ends.
- 1841 - Foreign Club established.[2]
- 1845 - Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata begins.
- 1847 - Lutheran Church built.[2]
1850s-1890s
Buenos Aires, ca.1860
- 1850 - Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata ends.
- 1852
- Board of Health, Faculty of Medicine, and Club del Progreso founded.[2]
- Yellow fever epidemic.
- 1853
- City becomes capital of State of Buenos Aires.
- Germania club founded.[2]
- 1854 - Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, Society of Natural History of the Plate, and Gymnastic Club founded.[2]
- 1855 - Custom house built.[2]
- 1856
- Mercado del Plata built.
- Irish Convent of Sisters of Mercy established.[2]
- 1857
- Teatro Colón opens.
- Deaf and Dumb Institute founded.[2]
- 1858
- Café Tortoni in business.
- Poor Asylum, School of Catedral al Sur, and Maua Bank established.[2]
- School of medicine built.[2]
- Yellow fever epidemic.
- 1859 - British Hospital and Convalecencia built.[2]
- 1860
- Plaza del Retiro laid out.[2]
- Catedral al Norte (school) and Club del Plata founded.[2]
- Santa Catalina church built.[2]
- 1861
- City becomes part of Argentine Confederation again.
- Plaza del Parque public garden laid out.[2]
- Teutonia club founded.[2]
- Mercado del Comercio and Episcopal palace built.[2]
- 1862
- 1863
- 1864
- 1865
- Constitución railway station opens.
- Coliseum concert-hall built.[2]
- Kranken-verein and Heimath club founded.[2]
- 1866 - Archepiscopal see and Mercado de Independencia established.[1]
- 1867
- 1868
- 1869
- 1870 - Yellow fever epidemic.[10]
- 1871
- Yellow fever epidemic.[1]
- City fire department established.[11]
- 1873 - A la Ciudad de Londres department store in business.[12]
- 1875 - Parque Tres de Febrero inaugurated.
- 1876 - Sociedad Estímulo de Bellas Artes (art society)[13] and Buenos Aires Orchestral Society organized.
- 1877
- National Penitentiary inaugurated.[6]
- Café de Hansen in business.[14]
- 1879
- 1880 - City separated from Buenos Aires Province; Municipalidad de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires established.
- 1882
- Once railway station opens.
- National Theatre built.[8]
- 1887
- Belgrano and Flores become part of city.[1]
- Constitución railway station rebuilt.
- 1888
- Buenos Aires Zoo established.[16]
- Pizzurno Palace built.
- 1890 - National Historical Museum opens.[6]
- 1891 - Rivera Indarte Theatre opens.
- 1893 - Buenos Aires City Hall built.
- 1894
- The Water Company Palace built.
- Musical Mutual Society organized.
- 1895
- Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes opens.
- Population: 663,854.[3]
- 1897 - Puerto Madero constructed.
- 1898
- Buenos Aires Botanical Garden inaugurated.[17]
- Casa Rosada built.
20th century
1900s-1940s
- 1901 - Club Atlético River Plate formed.
- 1904
- Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi inaugurated.
- Population: 950,891.[1]
- 1905 - Club Atlético Boca Juniors formed.
- 1906 - Congress hall built.[1]
- 1908 - Avenida Theatre opens.
- 1909 - San Martín Palace built.
- 1910
- Exposición Internacional del Centenario held.
- Customs House, Palace of Justice, and Congressional Plaza inaugurated.
- 1911 - Hotel de Inmigrantes built.
- 1912 - Cine Atlas Belgrano opens.[18]
- 1913
- Buenos Aires Underground begins operating.[3]
- Diario Crítica newspaper begins publication.[19]
- 1914
- Harrods Buenos Aires in business.
- Population: 1,575,814.[3]
- 1915 - Retiro railway station opens.
- 1916 - Buenos Aires Stock Exchange built.
- 1917 - Confitería El Molino in business.
- 1919
- January: Tragic Week conflict.
- Teatro Gran Splendid opens.[20]
- 1921 - Cervantes Theatre opens.
- 1922 - Cine Catalunya opens.[18]
- 1923 - Palacio Barolo built.
- 1925 - Puerto Nuevo opens.
- 1936
- Kavanagh building constructed.
- Maldonado Stream tubed (approximate date).
- 1937 - Teatro Gran Rex opens.
- 1938 - Estadio Monumental opens.
- 1945 - 17 October: Labor demonstration.
- 1946 - Buenos Aires Philharmonic founded.
- 1947 - Population: 4,798,670.[3]
- 1948 - Aeroparque Jorge Newbery opens.
- 1949 - Ministro Pistarini International Airport built.
1950s-1990s
- 1950 - Alas Building constructed.
- 1955
- 16 June: Bombing of Plaza de Mayo.
- Revolución Libertadora.
- 1957 - Federico Lacroze railway station opens.
- 1958 - Justo José de Urquiza monument inaugurated.
- 1962 - 11 June: Villa Soldati level crossing train accident.
- 1967 - Buenos Aires Japanese Gardens open.
- 1968 - Galileo Galilei planetarium opens.
- 1971 - Florida Street pedestrianized.
- 1972 - Bombing of Sheraton Hotel.
- 1973 - 20 June: Peronist shooting near Ezeiza Airport.
- 1975
- Buenos Aires International Book Fair begins.
- Bombing of theatre.
- 1976
- 24 March: Coup d'état.
- 2 April: Osvaldo Cacciatore becomes mayor.
- 1977 - 30 April: Demonstrations by Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo begin.
- 1978 - Argentine Council for International Relations founded.[21]
- 1979
- 11 December: 1979 Copa América football tournament held.
- Caseros Prison built.
- 1980 - Centro Cultural Recoleta inaugurated.
- 1982 - June: Catholic Pope John Paul II visits city.
- 1987
- April: Catholic Pope John Paul II visits city.
- 12 July: 1987 Copa América Final football tournament held.
- 1988 - Patio Bullrich shopping centre opens.
- 1991 - Galerías Pacífico shopping centre opens.
- 1992
- 17 March: Bombing of Israeli embassy.
- National Library building inaugurated.
- 1994 - 18 July: Bombing of Argentine Israelite Mutual Association building.[22]
- 1996
- Autonomous City of Buenos Aires established per 1994 amendment of the Argentine Constitution.
- 30 June: Mayoral election takes place.
- 1999
- Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema begins.
- Abasto de Buenos Aires shopping mall opens.
21st century
2000s
- 2000
- King Fahd Islamic Cultural Center inaugurated.
- El Ateneo Grand Splendid bookshop in business.
- Aníbal Ibarra becomes Chief of Government of city.
- 2001
- Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires inaugurated.
- Buenos Aires Fashion Week and Creamfields BA music festival begin.
- Eloísa Cartonera founded.[23]
- December: Economic protest.
- 2002
- June: Economic protest.[22]
- Quilmes Rock music festival and Buenos Aires Jazz Festival begin.
- 2004 - 30 December: República Cromañón nightclub fire.[22]
- 2005
- Appetite (art gallery) opens.
- El Faro Towers built.
- 2006 - March: Aníbal Ibarra deposed; Jorge Telerman becomes Chief of Government of city.
- 2007 - Mauricio Macri becomes Chief of Government of city.[24][25]
- 2008
- Fortabat Art Collection opens.
- Repsol-YPF tower built.
- 2009 - Le Parc Figueroa Alcorta and Mulieris towers built.
2010s
- 2010
- Municipal bicycle sharing program established.
- Metropolitan Police department established.
- Population: 2,891,082.
- 2011
- 24 July: 2011 Copa América Final football tournament held.
- Metrobus begins operating.
- 2012
- 22 February: Train crash.
- 4 April: F2 2012 Buenos Aires tornado
- 2013
- April: Flooding.[26]
- Computer Museum of Argentina opens.
See also
- Buenos Aires history
- History of Buenos Aires
- Barrios and Communes of Buenos Aires
- List of mayors and chiefs of government of Buenos Aires
- Landmarks in Buenos Aires
- Timeline of Argentine history
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Britannica 1910.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 Mulhall 1869.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Marley 2005.
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- 1 2 3 4 Alberto B. Martínez (1914), Baedeker of the Argentine Republic, Barcelona: R. Sopena, printer
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- ↑ International Center for the Arts of the Americas. "Documents of 20th-century Latin American and Latino Art". Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
- ↑ Steven Anzovin and Janet Podell, ed. (2000). Famous First Facts. H.W. Wilson Co. ISBN 0824209583.
- ↑ Osvaldo Pellettieri (2005), Historia del Teatro Argentino en Buenos Aires (in Spanish), Editorial Galerna, ISBN 9789505564668, 950556466X
- ↑ Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
- ↑ "Garden Search: Argentina". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
- 1 2 "Movie Theaters in Buenos Aires, Argentina", CinemaTreasures.org, Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC, retrieved 29 July 2013
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- ↑ Ten of the world’s most beautiful bookshops, BBC, 27 March 2014
- ↑ "Think Tank Directory". Philadelphia, USA: Foreign Policy Research Institute. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
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- ↑ "Jefe de Gobierno" (in Spanish). Buenos Aires Ciudad. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ↑ "Argentine mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "Argentina Floods". BBC News. 3 April 2013.
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.
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