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Prehistory in the present territory of Argentina began with the first human settlements on the southern tip of Patagonia around 13,000 years ago. Written history began with the arrival of Spanish chroniclers in the expedition of Juan Díaz de Solís in 1516 to the Río de la Plata , which marks the beginning of Spanish occupation of this region.
Around 1508 or 1511–1512, Portuguese captains reached and explored the River Plate estuary in the present-day Uruguay and Argentina, and went as far south as the present-day Gulf of San Matias at 42°S (recorded in the Newen Zeytung auss Pressilandt meaning "New Tidings from the Land of Brazil").
The Portuguese royal family left Europe and settled in their colony of Brazil in 1808, after their escape from the Napoleonic invasion of Portugal. [36] Carlota Joaquina , sister of Ferdinand VII, was the wife of the Portuguese prince regent, but had her own political projects. [ 37 ]
Soon afterwards, Portuguese migrants arrived and settled in Argentina, however, Argentina never received a large number of Portuguese migrants as most preferred to immigrate to Brazil which is a Portuguese-speaking nation. [3] On 23 October 1910, Argentina recognized the Portuguese Republic, soon after the start of the Portuguese Revolution. [2]
Two Portuguese Argentines holding a Portuguese flag in Trelew, Chubut Province.. An important Portuguese community was established in Buenos Aires.Have also been established in Greater Buenos Aires (in the south, in Villa Elisa, La Plata, Ezeiza and in Esteban Echeverría Partido) and also in the West: Isidro Casanova, González Catán ( La Matanza Partido [7]), Pontevedra, Libertad [8] and ...
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a timeline of Argentine history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Argentina and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Argentina. See also the ...
Start of the second term of Juan Manuel de Rosas in 1835; Falklands Expedition (1832) Argentine Confederation: United States: Consequences. Argentina and the United States break diplomatic relations; Weakening of the Argentine settlement on the islands; British occupation in 1833. Desert Campaign (1833–1835) Argentine Confederation Mapuche ...
The Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental was the armed-conflict that took place between 1816 and 1820 in the Banda Oriental, for control of what today comprises the whole of the Republic of Uruguay, the northern part of the Argentine Mesopotamia and southern Brazil.