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 ("Muy Noble y muy Leal")
• 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 (merchant guild) established.

19th century

1800s-1840s

• 1801 - Telégrafo Mercantil newspaper begins publication.
• 1806 - British briefly in power.
• 1810
• 18–25 May: May Revolution.
• State Library established.
• 1811 – Pirámide de Mayo monument built on the Plaza de Mayo.
• 1815 – Academy of Jurisprudence founded.
• 1821 – University of Buenos Aires founded.
• 1822
• Academy of Music founded.
• Street names changed.
• Northern Cemetery established.
• 1823 – Museum of Buenos Ayres, Sociedad de Beneficencia, and Philharmonic Association founded.
• 1829 – British Library established (approximate date).
• 1832 – English Cemetery established.
• 1833 – Victoria Theatre built.
• 1838
• 28 March: French blockade of the Río de la Plata begins.
• Scotch Church built.
• 1840 – French blockade of the Río de la Plata ends.
• 1841 – Foreign Club established.
• 1845 – Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata begins.
• 1847 – Lutheran Church built.

1850s–1890s

• 1850 – Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata ends.
• 1852
• Board of Health, Faculty of Medicine, and Club del Progreso founded.
• Yellow fever epidemic.
• 1853
• City becomes capital of State of Buenos Aires.
• Germania club founded.
• 1854 – Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, Society of Natural History of the Plate, and Gymnastic Club founded.
• 1855 – Custom house built.
• 1856
• built.
• Irish Convent of Sisters of Mercy established.
• 1857
• Teatro Colón opens.
• Deaf and Dumb Institute founded.
• Buenos Aires Western Railway inaugurated.
• 1858
• Café Tortoni in business.
• Poor Asylum, School of Catedral al Sur, and Maua Bank established.
• School of medicine built.
• Yellow fever epidemic.
• 1859 – British Hospital and Convalecencia built.
• 1860
• Plaza del Retiro laid out.
• Catedral al Norte (school) and Club del Plata founded.
• Santa Catalina church built.
• 1861
• City becomes part of Argentine Confederation again.
• Plaza del Parque public garden laid out.
• Teutonia club founded.
• Mercado del Comercio and Episcopal palace built.
• 1862
• Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway opened.
• Plaza Libertad laid out.
• Archbishop's Palace built.
• French Hospital and Irish Hospital established.
• 1863
• Congress-hall and Italian Hospital built.
• London and River Plate Bank established.
• Tram service starts.
• 1864
• Franco Argentine Theatre in business.
• Lorea market, German Singing Academy, and Concordia club established.
• Buenos Aires Cricket & Rugby Club opened.
• 1865
• Constitución railway station opens.
• Coliseum concert-hall built.
• Kranken-verein and Heimath club founded.
• 1866 – Archepiscopal see and Mercado de Independencia established.
• 1867
• Cholera epidemic.
• German Hospital Society, Mercado del Norte, and Thalia club founded.
• 1868
• Congregación Israelita Argentina founded.
• Sanitary Institute opens.
• 1869
• La Prensa newspaper begins publication.
• Population: 177,767.
• 1870 – Yellow fever epidemic.
• 1871
• Yellow fever epidemic.
• City fire department established.
• 1873 – A la Ciudad de Londres department store in business.
• 1875 – Parque Tres de Febrero inaugurated.
• 1876 – Sociedad Estímulo de Bellas Artes (art society) and Buenos Aires Orchestral Society organized.
• 1877
• National Penitentiary inaugurated.
• in business.
• 1879
• (theatre) opens.
• Rivadavia Library founded.
• 1880 - City separated from Buenos Aires Province; established.
• 1882
• Once railway station opens.
• National Theatre built.
• South American Continental Exhibition held.
• 1887
• Belgrano and Flores become part of city.
• Constitución railway station rebuilt.
• 1888
• By Law 2089, the national government of Argentina expanded the City of Buenos Aires by annexing the towns of Belgrano, Flores, and parts of General San Martín Partido, such as today's Villa Devoto.
• Buenos Aires Zoo established.
• Pizzurno Palace built.
• 1890 - National Historical Museum opens.
• 1891 – Rivera Indarte Theatre opens.
• 1893 – Buenos Aires City Hall built.
• 1894
• Palacio de Aguas Corrientes built.
• Musical Mutual Society organized.
• 1895
• Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes opens.
• Population: 663,854.
• 1897 – Puerto Madero constructed.
• 1898
• Buenos Aires Botanical Garden inaugurated.
• Casa Rosada re-built.

20th century

1900s–1940s

• 1901 – Club Atlético River Plate formed.
• 1904
• Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi inaugurated.
• Population: 950,891.
• 1905
• Club Atlético Boca Juniors formed.
• Population: 1,025,653.
• 1906 – Congress hall built.
• 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.
• 1913
• Buenos Aires Underground begins operating.
• ' newspaper begins publication.
• 1914
• Harrods Buenos Aires in business.
• Population: 1,575,814.
• 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.
• 1921 – Cervantes Theatre opens.
• 1922 – Cine Catalunya opens.
• 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.
• 1948
• Aeroparque Jorge Newbery opens.
• Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway & Buenos Aires Western Railway closed.
• 1949 – Ministro Pistarini International Airport built.