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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.[1]
- 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.[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]
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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.[citation needed]
- Street names changed.[2]
- Northern Cemetery established.
- 1823 – Museum of Buenos Ayres, Sociedad de Beneficencia,[2] and Philharmonic Association founded.[citation needed]
- 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
- 1850 – Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata ends.[citation needed]
- 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.[citation needed]
- Irish Convent of Sisters of Mercy established.[2]
- 1857
- Teatro Colón opens.
- Deaf and Dumb Institute founded.[2]
- Buenos Aires Western Railway inaugurated.
- 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
- Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway opened.
- Plaza Libertad laid out.[2]
- Archbishop's Palace built.[2]
- French Hospital and Irish Hospital established.[2]
- 1863
- Congress-hall and Italian Hospital built.[2]
- London and River Plate Bank established.[2]
- Tram service starts.[1]
- 1864
- Franco Argentine Theatre in business.[2]
- Lorea market, German Singing Academy, and Concordia club established.[2]
- Buenos Aires Cricket & Rugby Club opened.
- 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.[citation needed]
- 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]
- South American Continental Exhibition held.[16]
- 1887
- Belgrano and Flores become part of city.[1]
- Constitución railway station rebuilt.[citation needed]
- 1888
- Buenos Aires Zoo established.[17]
- Pizzurno Palace built.
- 1890 - National Historical Museum opens.[6]
- 1891 – Rivera Indarte Theatre opens.
- 1893 – Buenos Aires City Hall built.
- 1894
- Palacio de Aguas Corrientes built.
- Musical Mutual Society organized.[citation needed]
- 1895
- Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes opens.
- Population: 663,854.[3][1]
- 1897 – Puerto Madero constructed.[1]
- 1898
- Buenos Aires Botanical Garden inaugurated.[18]
- Casa Rosada re-built.[1]
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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.
- Population: 1,025,653.[1]
- 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.[19]
- 1913
- Buenos Aires Underground begins operating.[3]
- Diario Crítica newspaper begins publication.[20]
- 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.[21]
- 1921 – Cervantes Theatre opens.
- 1922 – Cine Catalunya opens.[19]
- 1923 – Palacio Barolo built.
- 1925 – Puerto Nuevo opens.
- 1936
- Kavanagh Building constructed.
- Maldonado Stream tubed (approximate date).
- Obelisco built.
- 1937 – Teatro Gran Rex opens.
- 1938 – Estadio Monumental opens.
- 1945 – 17 October: Labor demonstration.
- 1946 – Buenos Aires Philharmonic founded.
- 1947 – Population: 2,981,043 city; 4,603,035 urban agglomeration.[22]
- 1948
- 1949 – Ministro Pistarini International Airport built.[citation needed]
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.
- 1974 – Population: 2,976,000 city; 8,925,000 urban agglomeration.[23]
- 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.[24]
- 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.
- Population: 2,960,976 city; 10,686,163 urban agglomeration.[25]
- 1992
- 17 March: Bombing of Israeli embassy.
- National Library building inaugurated.
- 1994 – 18 July: Bombing of Argentine Israelite Mutual Association building.[26]
- 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.
- 2000
- King Fahd Islamic Cultural Center inaugurated.
- El Ateneo Grand Splendid bookshop in business.
- Aníbal Ibarra becomes Chief of Government of city.
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21st century
2000s
- 2001
- September: Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires inaugurated.
- BAFWEEK and Creamfields BA music festival begin.
- Eloísa Cartonera founded.[27]
- December: Economic protest.
- 2002
- June: Economic protest.[26]
- Quilmes Rock music festival and Buenos Aires Jazz Festival begin.
- 2004 – 30 December: Cromañón nightclub fire.[26]
- 2005
- Appetite (art gallery) opens.
- El Faro Towers built.
- 2006 – March: Aníbal Ibarra deposed; Jorge Telerman becomes Chief of Government of city.
- 2007 – December: Mauricio Macri becomes Chief of Government of city.[28][29]
- 2008
- September: Repsol-YPF Tower built.
- October: Fortabat Art Collection opens.
- 2009
- Le Parc Figueroa Alcorta and Mulieris Towers built.
- Metropolitan Police department established.[30]
2010s
- 2010
- Municipal bicycle-sharing system established.
- Population: 2,891,082.[31]
- 2011
- 24 July: 2011 Copa América final football tournament held.
- 31 May: Metrobus begins operating.
- City named World Book Capital by UNESCO.
- 2012
- 22 February: Train crash.
- 4 April: F2 2012 Buenos Aires tornado
- 2013
- March: Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Cardinal, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, is elected as Pope Francis, succeeding the retired Pope Benedict XVI
- April: Flooding.[32]
- Computer Museum of Argentina opens.
- 2015 – 3 June: The feminist movement Ni una menos organizes its first massive demonstrations against gender-based violence, popularising the campaign throughout Argentina and several Latin American countries.
- 2016 – Population: 13,879,707 (urban agglomeration).[33]
- 2017 – Alvear Tower completed as the tallest building in Argentina.[34]
2020s
- 2020 – March: First COVID-19 case.[35]
- 2022 – Population: 16,700,000 (metro).[36]
- 2023 – A specialized exhibition recognised by the Bureau International des Expositions will be held.[37]
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