Plaza de Mayo

Located in Monserrat[1][2]Single source

Bombardeo de la Plaza de MayoJun 16, 1955[1]Single source

Bombardeo de la Plaza de Mayo: Rebel aircraft bombed and strafed Plaza de Mayo and the Casa Rosada on 16 June 1955, killing around 300 civilians; the central square of Buenos Aires was attacked from the air.Jun 16, 1955[1]Single source

Segunda fundación de Buenos Aires (1580): Juan de Garay founded the Ciudad de la Trinidad and port of Santa María de los Buenos Ayres on 11 June 1580, planted the 'árbol de justicia', set up a cabildo and shared land among 63 settlers; the city's main square was a 140-vara square, the Plaza Mayor.Jun 11, 1580[2]Single source

Garay's expedition left Asunción on 9 March 1580 and reached the mouth of the Riachuelo on 29 May; the settlement was built somewhat north of Mendoza's of 1536.Jun 11, 1580[3]Single source

Buenos Aires colonial: the city grew from about 500 people around 1602 to about 3,000 by the mid-17th century and about 40,000 by 1810; for centuries it lived off illegal trade, mostly with Brazil, paid largely in hides, because the Crown favoured the Pacific ports.1602–1810[4]Single source

Segunda invasión inglesa y Defensa (1807): on 5 July 1807 Whitelocke sent his troops into the city in 12 columns ordered not to fire until the Plaza de la Victoria (today Plaza de Mayo); neighbours resisted from houses and barricades and Liniers obtained a capitulation on 7 July. British losses: 311 dead, 679 wounded and 1,808 captured or missing (Marley).Jul 5, 1807–Jul 7, 1807[5]Single source

Consecuencias de las invasiones inglesas: urban militias raised the power of criollo military leaders; the article calls the invasions 'uno de los catalizadores de la causa emancipadora' and the immediate precedent of the May Revolution.1806–1807[5]Single source

The Recova, a commercial gallery finished in 1803, split the square in two; it was demolished in 1884 under intendente Torcuato de Alvear, uniting the plaza, which since then is called Plaza de Mayo.1803–1884[2]Single source

Revolución de Mayo: on 21 May 1810 about 600 people gathered in the Plaza de la Victoria between the Recova and the Cabildo, led by Domingo French and Antonio Beruti; the next day their armed men controlled access to the square during the cabildo abierto.May 21, 1810–May 22, 1810[6]Single source

Pirámide de Mayo: erected in 1811 for the first anniversary of the Revolución de Mayo, remodelled in 1856 by Prilidiano Pueyrredón and moved to the centre of the plaza in 1912.1811[2]Single source

Centenario de 1910: the festivities for the 100th anniversary of the Revolución de Mayo began on 21 May 1910 and peaked on 25 May, with the Infanta Isabel as guest of honour. They took place under a state of siege declared by President Figueroa Alcorta because of anarchist sabotage plans; the square was lit with electric light.May 21, 1910–May 25, 1910[7]Single source

Golpe de 1930: Uriburu's de facto government took its oath on the balconies of the Casa de Gobierno before a crowd that filled the Plaza de Mayo.Sep 1930[2]Single source

17 de octubre de 1945: workers from La Boca, Barracas and other barrios, with the Riachuelo bridges raised against them, converged on the Plaza de Mayo demanding the release of Colonel Perón, who had been arrested and held on Martín García island. The mobilisation is regarded as the birth of Peronism.Oct 17, 1945[8]Single source

Atentado del 15 de abril de 1953: two bombs exploded in the Plaza de Mayo during a CGT rally, one of the political violence episodes of the Peronist decade.Apr 15, 1953[2]Single source

Bombardeo de la Plaza de Mayo: on 16 June 1955 navy and air force rebels bombed the square, the Casa Rosada and the CGT building in central Buenos Aires, with mostly AT-6 aircraft. At least 308 people were killed and over 800 wounded; Perón was not in the Casa Rosada when it began.Jun 16, 1955[1]Single source

Madres de Plaza de Mayo: on 30 April 1977 a group of about 14 mothers of disappeared children went to the plaza in front of the Casa Rosada to demand news of them from the Videla dictatorship.Apr 30, 1977[9]Single source

Madres de Plaza de Mayo, las rondas: because standing groups were banned under the state of siege, the mothers walked in pairs around the Pirámide de Mayo, later on Thursday afternoons; their white headscarves, adopted in October 1977, became their emblem.1977[9]Single source

Madres de Plaza de Mayo (memoria): their white headscarves are painted on the ground around the Pirámide de Mayo, and in 2005 the city legislature declared the area a Sitio Histórico.2005[2]Single source

Guerra de Malvinas: after the landing of 2 April 1982, President Galtieri addressed a crowd in the Plaza de Mayo. The war ended with surrender on 14 June 1982; the defeat precipitated the fall of the dictatorship.Apr 2, 1982–Jun 14, 1982[10]Single source

Corralito: on 2 December 2001 the government limited cash withdrawals to 250 pesos or dollars a week, which turned the economic crisis into a political one.Dec 2, 2001[11]Single source

Crisis de 2001: after the state of siege declared on 19 December, cacerolazos filled the city and crowds at the Casa Rosada chanted '¡Que se vayan todos!'; on 20 December police repressed protesters in the Plaza de Mayo and five people died there.Dec 19, 2001–Dec 20, 2001[11]Single source

Guardia Vieja — took place at Plaza de MayoMay 25, 1910, 1913[12]Single source