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4 SHARED EVENTSSpain

Entangled histories

4 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · ARG LEFT · ESP RIGHT

1. 1516 CE

   Spanish reach the Rio de la Plata

   European expeditions begin to explore the great estuary of the Rio de la Plata, opening the region to Spanish ambitions.

   Colonisation · from the Argentina chronicle · Indigenous Peoples and the Spanish Rio de la Plata · REFS 1 — Argentina

2. 1609-1767

   Jesuit missions among the Guarani

   The Jesuit Order founds mission towns among the Guarani that flourish until the order's expulsion from Spanish lands in 1767.

   Religion · from the Argentina chronicle · The Viceroyalty and the Colonial Era · REFS 2 — Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis, Argentina

3. 1778 CE

   Free trade reforms

   Bourbon commercial reforms loosen Spain's trade monopoly, allowing Buenos Aires to trade more freely and accelerating its growth as an Atlantic port.

   Economy & Trade · from the Argentina chronicle · The Viceroyalty and the Colonial Era · REFS 1 — Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata

4. 9 July 1816

   Declaration of Independence at Tucuman

   The Congress of Tucuman declares independence from Spain as the United Provinces of South America, signed by twenty-nine delegates under the presidency of Laprida.

   Independence · from the Argentina chronicle · May Revolution and the Wars of Independence · REFS 2 — Congress of Tucuman, Argentine Declaration of Independence