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==Falkland Islands Timeline==
==Falkland Islands Timeline==


{| class="wikitable"
!Date
!Event
|-
|1502
|Vespuce observes the  [Malvinas] islands.  
|-
|1592 August
|John  Davis discovers the Falkland Islands.  
|-
|1764 Feb 3
|Bougainville arrives in the  Falklands accompanied by Pernety, chaplain and naturalist.  
|-
|1764 Apr 8
|Bougainville leaves the Falklands  for France on the Eagle.  
|-
|1765 jan 5
|Bougainville lands in the  Falklands.  
|-
|1765 Feb 3
|Bougainville recognizes the Strait  of Magellan and establishes contacts with the local populations.  (Argentina) 
|-
|1765 Apr 28
|Bougainville leaves the Falklands  for France on the Eagle.  
|-
|1767 Feb 23
|La  Boudeuse de Bougainville arrives in the Falklands.  
|-
|1767 May 1
|The  flute "L'Etoile" joins "La Boudeuse" from Bougainville to  the Falklands.  
|-
|1767 June 2
|La  Boudeuse de Bougainville leaves the Falklands.  
|-
|1820
|Argentina occupies the Malvinas  Islands.  
|-
|1832
|The  schooner "Unicorn" arrives at Port St-Louis (Malvinas). FitzRoy  bought it from and renamed it Adventure, to make it a support boat to the  Beagle for mapping surveys.  
|-
|1833 jan 2
|The  United Kingdom claimed sovereignty over the Falklands by sending the warships  Tyne and Clio under Captain Onslow there.  
|-
|1833 Feb 1
|The Beagle  (with Darwin) drops anchor in Port St-Louis.  
|-
|1833 Apr 6
|The  Beagle (with Darwin), from Port St-Louis to the Falklands, sets sail for the  continent.  
|-
|1833 June
|The  United Kingdom establishes a colony in the Falkland Islands and expels the  Argentinian inhabitants.  
|-
|1834 Feb 16
|The  Beagle (with Darwin) stops in the Berkeley Strait, on the eastern island of  the Falklands.  
|-
|1914 Dec 8
|The  British fleet destroys the German naval squadron at Von Spee in the  Falklands. She was sunk aboard the SMS Scharnhorst.  
|-
|1965
|A  UN resolution calls for discussions on the future of the Falklands. (United  States) 
|-
|1966
|An  armed Peronist commando raid and captured Port Stanley then surrendered.  
|-
|1967
|AE  Secretary Brown begins talks with Argentina over the Falklands: the UK is  ready to relinquish sovereignty if islanders' rights and way of life can be  guaranteed.  
|-
|1968 Feb
|Conservative  MPs are starting a campaign to "keep the British Falkland  Islands".  
|-
|1968 Jul
|Gvt  Wilson begins secret negotiations to transfer sovereignty from the Falklands  to Argentina but ended at the last minute.  
|-
|1968 nov
|The  Minister of AE Chalfont fails to convince the Ilians of the Falklands of the  benefits of an agreement with Argentina.  
|-
|1982 Apr 2
|The  Argentine invasion of the Falklands begins. Governor Hunt surrenders and the  Argentine military junta announces the capture of Port Stanley.  
|-
|1982 Apr 5
|The  British Armada grouped around the aircraft carriers "Invincible"  and "Hermes" embarks from Portsmouth for the Falklands, with a  stopover on Ascension Island.  
|-
|1982 Apr 30
|The  British begin to bombard the runway at Port Stanley.  
|-
|1982 May 2
|The  British submarine Conqueror torpedoed the Argentine cruiser General-Belgrano:  323 dead.  
|-
|1982 May 4
|Sheffield (one of the most modern  buildings of the Royal Navy) is destroyed by an exocet missile: 20 dead and  24 wounded.  
|-
|1982 May 21
|British  troops land in San Carlos Bay, west of Port Stanley.  
|-
|1982 May 21
|The  Argentines and the British begin a violent naval air battle in the bay of San  Carlos.  
|-
|1982 May 23
|The  British are advancing towards Port Stanley.  
|-
|1982 May 25
|Argentinian exocet missiles sink  the British destroyer Coventry and the container ship Atlantic-Convoyer.  
|-
|1982May 26
|The  British make a land offensive towards Port Darwin and Goose Green.  
|-
|1982 June 8
|Argentine  A-4 Skyhawks destroy a British landing craft, the Sir-Galahad, at Bluff  Cove.  
|-
|1982 June 12
|British  troops seize Mount Longdon then Mount Tumbledown (19 paratroopers  killed).  
|-
|1982 June 13
|British  troops surround Port Stanley, defended by 7k Argentinian soldiers.  
|-
|1982 June 14
|Gal  Menendez, Commander of the Argentinian garrison in Port Stanley (Falklands),  surrendered to the British under Gal Moore.  
|-
|1985
|The  British government lifts trade barriers imposed on Argentine products and  gives the Falklands a new status.  
|}


==Source==
==Source==
* https://www.kronobase.org/
* https://fr.wikipedia.org/
* https://fr.wikipedia.org/


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{{Timeline-world}}
==Other Lessons==
* [[Language/English/Culture/St-Helena-Timeline|St Helena Timeline]]
* [[Language/English/Culture/Australia-Timeline|Australia Timeline]]
* [[Language/English/Culture/British-Virgin-Islands-Timeline|British Virgin Islands Timeline]]
* [[Language/English/Culture/British-Indian-Ocean-Territory-Timeline|British Indian Ocean Territory Timeline]]
* [[Language/English/Culture/Canada-Timeline|Canada Timeline]]
* [[Language/English/Culture/Tonga-Timeline|Tonga Timeline]]
* [[Language/English/Culture/Bermuda-Timeline|Bermuda Timeline]]
* [[Language/English/Culture/Timeline-of-the-United-States|Timeline of the United States]]
* [[Language/English/Culture/Ascension-Island-Timeline|Ascension Island Timeline]]
* [[Language/English/Culture/Puerto-Rico-Timeline|Puerto Rico Timeline]]
* [[Language/English/Culture/Dominica-Timeline|Dominica Timeline]]
* [[Language/English/Culture/What-is-America|What is America]]
* [[Language/English/Culture/Countries-where-English-is-the-Official-Language|Countries where English is the Official Language]]
* [[Language/English/Culture/Heard-McDonald-Islands|Heard McDonald Islands]]
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Falkland Islands Timeline[edit | edit source]

Date Event
1502 Vespuce observes the [Malvinas] islands.  
1592 August John Davis discovers the Falkland Islands.  
1764 Feb 3 Bougainville arrives in the Falklands accompanied by Pernety, chaplain and naturalist.  
1764 Apr 8 Bougainville leaves the Falklands for France on the Eagle.  
1765 jan 5 Bougainville lands in the Falklands.  
1765 Feb 3 Bougainville recognizes the Strait of Magellan and establishes contacts with the local populations. (Argentina) 
1765 Apr 28 Bougainville leaves the Falklands for France on the Eagle.  
1767 Feb 23 La Boudeuse de Bougainville arrives in the Falklands.  
1767 May 1 The flute "L'Etoile" joins "La Boudeuse" from Bougainville to the Falklands.  
1767 June 2 La Boudeuse de Bougainville leaves the Falklands.  
1820 Argentina occupies the Malvinas Islands.  
1832 The schooner "Unicorn" arrives at Port St-Louis (Malvinas). FitzRoy bought it from and renamed it Adventure, to make it a support boat to the Beagle for mapping surveys.  
1833 jan 2 The United Kingdom claimed sovereignty over the Falklands by sending the warships Tyne and Clio under Captain Onslow there.  
1833 Feb 1 The Beagle (with Darwin) drops anchor in Port St-Louis.  
1833 Apr 6 The Beagle (with Darwin), from Port St-Louis to the Falklands, sets sail for the continent.  
1833 June The United Kingdom establishes a colony in the Falkland Islands and expels the Argentinian inhabitants.  
1834 Feb 16 The Beagle (with Darwin) stops in the Berkeley Strait, on the eastern island of the Falklands.  
1914 Dec 8 The British fleet destroys the German naval squadron at Von Spee in the Falklands. She was sunk aboard the SMS Scharnhorst.  
1965 A UN resolution calls for discussions on the future of the Falklands. (United States) 
1966 An armed Peronist commando raid and captured Port Stanley then surrendered.  
1967 AE Secretary Brown begins talks with Argentina over the Falklands: the UK is ready to relinquish sovereignty if islanders' rights and way of life can be guaranteed.  
1968 Feb Conservative MPs are starting a campaign to "keep the British Falkland Islands".  
1968 Jul Gvt Wilson begins secret negotiations to transfer sovereignty from the Falklands to Argentina but ended at the last minute.  
1968 nov The Minister of AE Chalfont fails to convince the Ilians of the Falklands of the benefits of an agreement with Argentina.  
1982 Apr 2 The Argentine invasion of the Falklands begins. Governor Hunt surrenders and the Argentine military junta announces the capture of Port Stanley.  
1982 Apr 5 The British Armada grouped around the aircraft carriers "Invincible" and "Hermes" embarks from Portsmouth for the Falklands, with a stopover on Ascension Island.  
1982 Apr 30 The British begin to bombard the runway at Port Stanley.  
1982 May 2 The British submarine Conqueror torpedoed the Argentine cruiser General-Belgrano: 323 dead.  
1982 May 4 Sheffield (one of the most modern buildings of the Royal Navy) is destroyed by an exocet missile: 20 dead and 24 wounded.  
1982 May 21 British troops land in San Carlos Bay, west of Port Stanley.  
1982 May 21 The Argentines and the British begin a violent naval air battle in the bay of San Carlos.  
1982 May 23 The British are advancing towards Port Stanley.  
1982 May 25 Argentinian exocet missiles sink the British destroyer Coventry and the container ship Atlantic-Convoyer.  
1982May 26 The British make a land offensive towards Port Darwin and Goose Green.  
1982 June 8 Argentine A-4 Skyhawks destroy a British landing craft, the Sir-Galahad, at Bluff Cove.  
1982 June 12 British troops seize Mount Longdon then Mount Tumbledown (19 paratroopers killed).  
1982 June 13 British troops surround Port Stanley, defended by 7k Argentinian soldiers.  
1982 June 14 Gal Menendez, Commander of the Argentinian garrison in Port Stanley (Falklands), surrendered to the British under Gal Moore.  
1985 The British government lifts trade barriers imposed on Argentine products and gives the Falklands a new status.  

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