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Landmark Americas religious

Metropolitan Cathedral of Buenos Aires

1593 CE – still standing

Neoclassical cathedral on Plaza de Mayo, seat of the Archbishop of Buenos Aires

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Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral on Wikipedia.

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1530 CE)
  2. No border recorded here in this snapshot (1600 CE–2026 CE)

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Americas

Christ the Redeemer

1931 CE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Canada

Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Americas

Hawaiian Unification Wars

1782 CE – 1810 CE

Trade route · Americas

Spanish Treasure Fleet Return

1566 CE – 1790 CE

Landmark · Americas

Parícutin Volcano

1943 CE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Mexico

Founded 1810 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Americas

Argentine War of Independence

1810 CE – 1818 CE

Trade route · Americas

Atlantic Return (Sugar & Tobacco)

1600 CE – 1850 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1593 CE and 2026 CE.

1605 CE Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús 1608 CE Quebec City 1609 CE Beaver Wars (Iroquois Wars) 1609 CE Iroquois Beaver Wars 1610 CE Anglo-Powhatan Wars

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Taj Mahal Landmark · South Asia 1632 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Elizabeth I Figure · England 1533 CE – 1603 CE Darvaza Gas Crater Landmark · Middle East 1971 CE – still standing
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