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Events relating to argentina
Buenos Aires rather than Asunción is chosen to be capital of the new Spanish viceroyalty of La Plata
After a public meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentinians set up an autonomous local government in opposition to Spanish forces
José San Martín becomes commander of the patriot army of Argentina, replacing Manuel Belgrano
Spanish forces at Rancagua defeat a Chilean army commanded by Bernardo O'Higgins, who escapes across the Andes into Argentina
The independence of Argentina is formally proclaimed, dropping any pretence of remaining loyal to the Spanish king
The newly independent republic of Argentina takes possession of Las Islas Malvinas (the Falklands)
The independence of Uruguay is agreed in the Treaty of Montevideo between Brazil and Argentina
Britain ejects the Argentinians from the Falklands and begins the process of settlement with British farmers
Juan Manuel de Rosas becomes dictator of Argentina and imposes a brutally repressive conservative regime
In an Argentinian civil war, Urquiza defeats the dictator Rosas and is subsequently elected president (in 1854)
At Pavón the provincial troops of Buenos Aires defeat the Argentinian national army, emphatically demonstrating the power of their city
The Paraguayan dictator Francisco Solano López starts a war against Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay which eventually kills more than half his population
The Argentine Rural Society is founded as the exclusive preserve of Argentina's oligarchy
Buenos Aires is finally accepted as the permanent capital city of Argentina
Electoral reform is introduced in Argentina, with universal male suffrage and a secret ballot
An underground railway opens in Buenos Aires, the first subway in Latin America
The election of Hipolito Irigoyen as president begins sixteen years of radical government in Argentina
Argentinian author Jorge Luis Borges publishes his first collection of poems, Fervor de Buenos Aires ('Fervour of Buenos Aires')
A military coup removes Hipolito Irigoyen from the presidency in Argentina
Argentinian author Jorge Luis Borges publishes A Universal History of Infamy, one of the first examples of magic realism
The German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled after a battle with Allied ships near the river Plate
Power is seized in Argentina by a new military junta, the Group of United Officers
Jorge Luis Borges publishes Fictions, a collection of short stories
Juan Perón, professed friend of the poor in Argentina, is arrested by brother officers
A mass demonstration by trade unions in Buenos Aires results in the release of Perón
