Argentina

Aliza, Emoly-Guacamole, and Ryan (kinda)

1516

Explorer Juan Daz de Solis discovers Rio de

la Plata. Spain later claims it and the
surrounding region.
1577

In Cordoba, Argentina, the Iglesia

Cathedra Plaza San Martin was
started.
1578

Jul 2, In Puerto San Julian,

Patagonia, Argentina, English
privateer Capt. Francis Drake
beheaded his friend John Doughty
(b.1545) under accusations of
treason and witchcraft.
1580

A 2nd Buenos Aires was

founded near the mouth of the
Rio de la Plata.
1600s Cattle Introduced
1770-1779
Blacks were 1st brought to Argentina in the 1770s to toil on large haciendas and
work as domestic servants.