Timeline of Buenos Aires


This is a timeline of the history of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Prior to 19th century

  • 1536 – First foundation of the city by Pedro de Mendoza.
  • 1542 – City attacked by indigenous people and settlers abandon it, moving to Asunción.
  • 1580 – Second foundation of the city around fort built by Juan de Garay.
  • 1591 – Dominican monastery established.
  • 1604 – San Francisco monastery established.
  • 1611 – Men's Hospital founded.
  • 1620 – Town becomes capital of Buenos Aires Province.
  • 1671 – Cathedral inaugurated.
  • 1711 – Cabildo built.
  • 1716 – Granted the royal motto Most Noble and Loyal
  • 1720 – Recoleta church built.
  • 1722 – Completion of Saint Ignatius Church
  • 1727 – San Miguel church founded.
  • 1743 – Women's Hospital established.
  • 1744 – Las Monjas convent founded.
  • 1749 – San Juan convent established.
  • 1752 – Cathedral built.
  • 1755 – Female Orphan School established.
  • 1763 – Anglo-Portuguese invasion, part of the Seven Years' War, repelled by Viceroy Cevallos.
  • 1768 – Merced church built.
  • 1776 – City becomes capital of Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.
  • 1778 – "Free trade regulations" in effect.
  • 1779 – Foundling Asylum established.
  • 1794 – Consulado established.

19th century

1800s-1840s

1850s–1890s

20th century

1900s–1940s

1950s–1990s

21st century

2000s

2010s

2020s

Published in the 18th–19th centuries

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Published in the 20th century

  • J. R. Scobie. "Buenos Aires as a commercial-bureaucratic city, 1880-1919: characteristics of a city's orientation." Amer. Historical Rev. 77, 4: 1035–1073.
  • Alonso, Paula. 1993. "Politics and Elections in Buenos Aires, 1890–1898: The Performance of the Radical Party." Journal of Latin American Studies 25 : 465–487.
  • Jose Moya. Cousins and Strangers: Spanish Immigrants in Buenos Aires, 1850–1930. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998

Published in the 21st century

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