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| 1979 | Commander |  |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 1981 | Invasion of South Georgia | |
| 20th Dec An unauthorised landing on South Georgia by Argentine scrap-metal merchant Constantino Davidoff |
| 1981 | President | |
| 22nd Dec Appointed President of Argentina |
| 1982 | Battle of Port Stanley | |
| 14th June Portanley By daylight Argentine troops are fleeing in disarray, by mid-morning white flags are flying in Stanley, and by noon the British have marched to the outskirts of Stanley |
| 14th June Portanley General Mario Menendez surrenders to Major General Jeremy Moore at 9pm FI time |
| 14th June Portanley The battle of Port Stanley ends with the surrender of Argentinian forces |
| 1982 | Capture of Falklands | |
| 2nd April Falklands Galtieri hails the "recovery" of the Malvinas, saying Argentina had been left no option other than military action, while Carrington tells Parliament "Port Stanley is now occupied by Argentine military forces" |
| 1982 | Diplomacy | |
| 9th Jan The British Ambassador to Argentina lodges a formal protest against the unauthorised landing on South Georgia on 20 December 1981 by Argentine scrap-metal merchant Constantino Davidoff |
| 3rd Feb South Britain renews its formal protest at Davidoff's unauthorised landing in South Georgia |
| 2nd Mar The Argentine foreign minister says that Argentina reserves the right to 'employ other means' if Britain keeps refusing to cede sovereignty |
| 1st April Reagan warns Argentine junta leader General Galtieri not to take military action |
| 19th April Argentina rejects Haig's 5 point peace plan & London is informed |
| 19th April Argentina rejects Haig's plan unless Britain agrees to transfer sovereignty by 31 December 1982 and allow Argentine nationals to settle in the Islands |
| 29th April Argentina rejects Haig proposals |
| 2nd May Peruvian President Belaunde Terry presents a peace proposal to Galtieri who gives preliminary acceptance with some modifications |
| 3rd May Galtieri rejects Peruvian peace plan, citing General Belgrano |
| 3rd May Rejects the Peruvian peace plan, cites the sinking of the Belgrano |
| 6th May Argentine junta rejects Peruvian peace plan |
| 6th May The Junta rejects the Peruvian peace plan for a 2nd time |
| 10th May Argentina declares the entire South Atlantic a war zone |
| 12th May Argentine junta concedes that sovereignty of the Islands isn't a precondition to the United Nations peace plan |
| 12th May The Junta concedes that "sovereignty not a precondition" |
| 18th May Argentine junta rejects British peace proposals |
| 18th May The Junta rejects the British proposals |
| 29th May Organisation of American States condemns Britain's military action and calls on the USAto stop helping Britain - only the US, Chile, Columbia and Trinidad & Tobago abstain |
| 1982 | Invasion of Falklands | |
| 12th Jan Falklands The Argentine Joint Armed Forces committee beings planning military invasion of Islands |
| 24th Jan Falklands The Junta's plans to capture Islands are revealed in a series of articles in La Prensa newspaper |
| 6th Mar Falklands Hercules aircraft operated by Argentine military airline LADE,on a mail run to an Antarctic base, lands at Stanley Airport, falsely claiming a fuel leak, and carrying senior Argentine officers who survet Stanley |
| 31st Mar Falklands The Junta takes final decision to invade the Islands on 2 April |
| 31st Mar Falklands Violent anti-government riots occur across Argentina |
| 2nd April Falklands Argentina puts Operation Rosario into action by bringing ships into position off the Falkand Islands |
| 2nd April Falklands Argentine special forces land at Mullet Creek at 4.30am, more troops land at York Bay at 5.30am, and by 6am are engaged in battle with the Royal Marines - 3 Argentines are killed |
| 2nd April Falklands Brigadier General Mario Menendez is appointed Governor of 'Islas Malvinas' and Dependenciesz |
| 2nd April Falklands Forces the garrison of 18 Royal Marines to surrender |
| 2nd April Falklands Galtieri hails the "recovery" of the Malvinas, saying Argentina had been left no option other than military action, while Carrington tells Parliament "Port Stanley is now occupied by Argentine military forces" |
| 2nd April Falklands Governor Hunt orders the surrender at 9.15am - by now the whole town other than Government House is under Argentine control |
| 3rd April Falklands UN Security Council passes Resolution 502 by 10 votes to 1 (with 4 abstentions) demanding immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands - Argentina refuses to comply |
| 14th April Puerto Belgrano The Argentine fleet leaves Puerto Belgrano |
| 23rd April Falklands Britain warns Argentina that any military or civilian ship or aircraft representing a threat to the task force will be destroyed |
| 28th April Falklands Organisation of American States supports Argentina's sovereignty claim but calls for peaceful negotiations |
| 26th June Falklands Argentine war toll set at 645 dead and missing |
| 1982 | Invasion of South Georgia | |
| 9th Jan South The British Ambassador to Argentina lodges a formal protest against the unauthorised landing on South Georgia on 20 December 1981 by Argentine scrap-metal merchant Constantino Davidoff |
| 3rd Feb South Britain renews its formal protest at Davidoff's unauthorised landing in South Georgia |
| 19th Mar South Davidoff sends 40 workmen on naval vessel Bahia Buen Suceso to dismantle Leith whaling station, the workmen fail to ask permission to land from the British Antarctic Survey base at Grytviken and hoist the Argentinian flag |
| 1982 | Mobilization | |
| 14th April Puerto Belgrano The Argentine fleet leaves Puerto Belgrano |
| 1982 | Resignation | |
| 17th June Buenos Aires Resigns as President & Army Commander-in-Chief after failing to retain the Falklands |
| 1982 | Rosario | |
| 2nd April Falklands Argentina puts Operation Rosario into action by bringing ships into position off the Falkand Islands |
| 1982 | Rule of Falklands | |
| 2nd April Falklands Galtieri hails the "recovery" of the Malvinas, saying Argentina had been left no option other than military action, while Carrington tells Parliament "Port Stanley is now occupied by Argentine military forces" |
| 19th April Falklands Argentina rejects Haig's plan unless Britain agrees to transfer sovereignty by 31 December 1982 and allow Argentine nationals to settle in the Islands |
| 28th April Falklands Organisation of American States supports Argentina's sovereignty claim but calls for peaceful negotiations |
| 1982 | Sinking Belgrano | |
| 2nd May Over 700 men are rescued from the open ocean despite cold seas and stormy weather, the 368 losses from the Belgrano total just over half of Argentine deaths in the Falklands conflict |
| 2nd May The General Belgrano is sunk outside the Exclusion Zone demarcated by the British |
| 3rd May After the loss of the Belgrano, the entire Argentine fleet returns to port and do not leave again for the duration of hostilities |
| 3rd May Galtieri rejects Peruvian peace plan, citing General Belgrano |
| 1982 | Surrender | |
| 14th June Portanley The battle of Port Stanley ends with the surrender of Argentinian forces |
| 1982 | United Nations | |
| Falklands The United Nations Security Council issues Resolution 502, calling on Argentina to withdraw forces from the Islands and for both parties to seek a diplomatic solution |
| 3rd April Falklands UN Security Council passes Resolution 502 by 10 votes to 1 (with 4 abstentions) demanding immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands - Argentina refuses to comply |
| 1983 | Arrest | |
| 12th April Buenos Aires Sentenced to sixty days imprisonment |
| 1986 | Trial | |
| Buenos Aires Galtieri & his Junta are tried for abuse of human rights |
| Buenos Aires ourt-martialed for his conduct of the war then sentenced to 12 years in prison |
| 2003 | Death | |
| 12th Jan Death of Leopoldo Galtieri |
