Founding of Buenos Aires; (capital of Argentina) in 1536 by Pedro de Mendoza y Luján. Mendoza (c. 1487 – June 23; 1537) was a Spanish conquistador; soldier and explorer; and the first adelantado of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.

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