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The Argentines call these
islands Islas Malvinas.
(SFEC, 12/20/98, p.T2)
1690
An Englishman made the 1st landing on the Falkland Islands.
(Econ, 7/15/06, p.36)
1764 The French established
the 1st settlement on the Falkland Islands.
(Econ, 7/15/06, p.36)
1766 France handed its
settlement on the Falkland Islands over to Spain.
(Econ, 7/15/06, p.36)
1774 Spain established a
small settlement on the Falkland Islands, which lasted to 1811. An
Argentine outpost was established in the 1820s.
(Econ, 4/7/07, p.36)
1816 Jul 9, Argentina
declared independence from Spain. Argentina assumed that the Malvina
Islands (Falkland Islands) were included.
(AP, 7/9/97)(SFC, 6/19/98, p.A12)
1833 Jan 3, Britain ousted a
small group of Argentine settlers and seized control of the Malvina
Islands (Falkland Islands) in the South Atlantic. In 1982 Argentina
seized the islands, but Britain took them back after a 74-day war.
(AP, 1/3/98)(SFC, 4/3/02, p.A7)
1914 Dec 8, The German
cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Nurnberg, and Liepzig were sunk by a
British force under Adm. Sturdee in the Battle of the Falkland Islands.
1,800 German sailors were killed including Adm. Von Spee and his 2
sons. Over 2,500 lives were lost in a single day.
(HN, 12/8/98)(ON, 3/02, p.11)(SSFC, 10/6/02, p.C12)
1971 Jul 1, Great Britain and
Argentina signed an accord on sea and air links to the Falkland
Islands, which later caused a war (1982).
(www.bartleby.com/67/2791.html)
1976 Jan 13, Argentina ousted
a British envoy in dispute over the Falkland Islands War.
(HN, 1/13/99)
1982 Apr 2,
Several thousand troops from Argentina seized the disputed Falkland
Islands, located in the south Atlantic, from Britain but Lady Thatcher
had Britain take them back the following June. Britain fought with
Argentina in the Falkland Islands War, also known as the Falklands War,
the Malvinas War and the South Atlantic War. The short, undeclared war
between the two nations was fought over claims to the Falkland Islands
(Islas Malvinas) and neighboring islands. Argentina had laid claims to
the territories since the 19th century, but spurred by a related
dispute on South Georgia island and political expediency, the military
government of Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands. A British naval
task force was assembled and headed towards the war zone by late April.
British forces established a beachhead on the Falklands in late May.
With the surrender of the Argentine garrison at Stanley on June 14, the
conflict was essentially over.
(TMC, 1994, p.1982)(AP, 4/2/99)(HNQ, 1/10/01)
1982 Apr 3, Britain
dispatched a naval task force to the south Atlantic to reclaim the
disputed Falkland Islands from Argentina. The UN Security Council
demanded Argentina withdraw from Falkland Islands.
(AP, 4/3/02)
1982 May 2, In the Falklands
War the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano was sunk by the British
submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men. Some 600 Argentine
sailors were killed when the Belgrano was sunk. Lord Terence Thornton
Lewin (d.1999 at 78), British military commander, was regarded as the
one who persuaded Margaret Thatcher to order the sinking.
(SFC, 1/25/99, p.A20)(http://tinyurl.com/gbplz)
1982 May 4, The British
destroyer HMS Sheffield was hit by Exocet rocket off the Falkland
Islands. 20 men died and a further 24 were injured in the sinking of
the Sheffield, the first British warship to be lost in 37 years.
(http://tinyurl.com/htt3d)
1982 May 21, During the
Falklands War, British amphibious forces landed on the beach at San
Carlos Bay.
(AP, 5/21/07)
1982 Jun 14, Argentine forces
surrendered to British troops on the disputed Falkland Islands. 970
people were killed including 255 British soldiers. Argentine dictator
Leopaldo Galtieri led the initial attack in the 72-day war. The dead in
the ten-week war included 712 Argentines, 255 Britons and 3 islanders.
In 2003 it was revealed that some British ships carried nuclear depth
charges. In 2005 Lawrence Freedman authored “The Official History of
the Falklands Campaign, Volumes I and II. In 2007 Hugh McManners
authored “Forgotten Voices of the Falklands: The Real Story of the
Falklands War in the Words of Those Who Were There.”
(AP, 6/14/97)(WSJ, 12/8/03, p.A1)(Econ, 7/16/05,
p.81)(Econ, 5/19/07, p.88)
1982 Jun 17, Pres. Galtieri
resigned after leading Argentina to defeat in Falkland Islands War.
(www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/B189501.htm)
2004 Aug 13, In the Maldives
3,000 people gathered outside the police headquarters Friday demanding
the release of prisoners. The government arrested 185 people, including
a former minister and a one-time attorney general.
(AP, 8/15/04)
2006 Jul 15, GDP for the
Falkland Islands was estimated at $25,000 per head. Fishing licenses
around the Falkland Islands generated some $40 million a year. Seismic
studies indicated a possible 500,000 barrels of oil in the surrounding
waters. Britain insisted that it would not discuss sovereignty of the
islands unless its 3,000 citizens there requested it.
(Econ, 7/15/06, p.38)
2008 Nov 5, Queen Elizabeth
II approved a new constitution for the Falkland Islands. It formalizes
the system of self-government on the South Atlantic archipelago, while
giving Britain the final say on foreign policy, policing and the
administration of justice.
(AP, 11/7/08)
2010 Feb 16, Argentina’s
Pres. Cristina Fernandez issued a decree seeking to control all
shipping to and from the Falkland Islands, escalating her fight with
Britain over drilling for oil and gas in the South Atlantic.
(SFC, 2/17/10, p.A2)
2010 Feb 22, Latin American and
Caribbean nations backed Argentina's claim of sovereignty to the
Falkland Islands in a growing dispute with Britain over plans to drill
for oil off the islands in the Atlantic. British exploration company
Desire Petroleum PLC said it started drilling for oil about 62 miles
north of the disputed islands.
(AP, 2/23/10)(SFC, 2/23/10, p.A2)
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