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Eduardo Ruggieri · CC BY-SA 3.0
Landmark Americas trade

Montevideo

1724 CE – still standing

Founded by the Spanish as a fortified Rio de la Plata port, it rivaled Buenos Aires in the hide, tallow, and later beef trade of the Southern Cone.

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Who held this ground

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Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1715 CE)
  2. Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (1783 CE–1800 CE) Border precision: Defined
  3. United Provinces of La Plata (1815 CE) Border precision: Defined
  4. Uruguay (1880 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
  • Defined

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

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Landmark · Americas

Christ the Redeemer

1931 CE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Canada

Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Trade route · Americas

Spanish Treasure Fleet Return

1566 CE – 1790 CE

Conflict · Americas

Hawaiian Unification Wars

1782 CE – 1810 CE

Landmark · Americas

Parícutin Volcano

1943 CE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Mexico

Founded 1810 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Trade route · Americas

Atlantic Return (Sugar & Tobacco)

1600 CE – 1850 CE

Conflict · Americas

Argentine War of Independence

1810 CE – 1818 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1724 CE and 2026 CE.

1739 CE War of Jenkins' Ear 1748 CE Cathedral of Havana 1759 CE Battle of Quebec 1763 CE Pontiac's War 1763 CE Touro Synagogue 1775 CE American Revolutionary War

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Image credits 5 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
  • Montevideo Eduardo Ruggieri · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Christ the Redeemer (statue) Arne Müseler · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
  • Flag of Canada (Pantone) Original: George F. G. Stanley Modified by: The original uploader was Illegitimate Barris… · Public domain
  • Parícutin Karla Yannín Alcázar Quintero (photographer) · CC BY 2.0
  • Flag of Mexico Omar Alejandro Covarrubias Neri, 9 April 2006. Based on the 1968 arms by Francisco Eppens… · Public domain