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  1. Complete the sentence about Montevideo with the correct year: A Portuguese garrison was established at the site of modern-day Montevideo in November ______.
  2. Complete the sentence about Montevideo with the correct year: The complete independence from Buenos Aires as a real city was not reached until 1 January ______.
  3. Complete the sentence about Salto, Uruguay with the correct year: In October ______ Viana built several barracks for his army located in the area who had to survive on hunting and fishing.
  4. Complete the sentence about Salto, Uruguay with the correct year: Thus, the short-lived first settlement in the present city of Salto dates from 8 November ______, which remains as its date of foundat…
  5. Complete the sentence about Salto, Uruguay with the correct year: In ______, Viana and the superior Governor of Buenos Aires, Pedro de Cevallos, built a strong fort called San Antonio.
  6. Complete the sentence about Salto, Uruguay with the correct year: On 12 February ______ Francisco Javier de Elío declared war on the Board of Buenos Aires.
  7. Complete the sentence about Paysandú with the correct year: By ______, it was estimated that approximately 65% of the population of the Paysandú Department was of Italian descent.
  8. Complete the sentence about Las Piedras, Uruguay with the correct year: In ______, the architect Carlos Zucchi formalised the urban layout, consisting of a central square and 49 blocks.
  9. Complete the sentence about Las Piedras, Uruguay with the correct year: The railway arrived on 1 January ______, strengthening links with Montevideo and encouraging the town's economic and urban devel…
  10. Complete the sentence about Rivera, Uruguay with the correct year: In July ______ it took on the official name Rivera and was recognized as a villa.
  11. Complete the sentence about Rivera, Uruguay with the correct year: On 1 October ______, it became capital of the Department of Rivera by the Act of Ley Nº 1.757.
  12. Complete the sentence about Maldonado, Uruguay with the correct year: In August ______, still waiting for a response from the King, Viana decided to leave with some families and head towards Portezuel…
  13. Complete the sentence about Tacuarembó with the correct year: On 24 October ______, a presidential decree by Fructuoso Rivera ordered the creation of a city in the region.
  14. Complete the sentence about Mercedes, Uruguay with the correct year: Mercedes was founded in ______ by the priest Manuel Antonio de Castro y Careaga with the name of Capilla Nueva de las Mercedes.
  15. Complete the sentence about Mercedes, Uruguay with the correct year: Mercedes was one of the host cities of the official ______ Basketball World Cup.
  16. Complete the sentence about Artigas, Uruguay with the correct year: Artigas was founded on 12 September ______ by Don Carlos Catalá as a town under the name San Eugenio del Cuareim.
  17. Complete the sentence with the correct year: On May 16, ______, its status was elevated to that of city by decree Ley Nº 1.980.
  18. Complete the sentence about Minas, Uruguay with the correct year: On December 26, ______, after the renaming of the department, it became the capital of the "Department of Lavalleja" by decree Ley Nº…
  19. Complete the sentence about San José de Mayo with the correct year: San José de Mayo was founded on 1 June ______ by Eusebio Vidal under orders from Viceroy Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo.
  20. Complete the sentence about San José de Mayo with the correct year: In ______, people from San José participated in the revolt led by José Gervasio Artigas.
  21. Complete the sentence about San José de Mayo with the correct year: The town served as the provisional capital in the fight against the Empire of Brazil in ______.
  22. Complete the sentence about Florida, Uruguay with the correct year: The city was founded on 24 April ______ with this name, Florida, in honor of the count of Floridablanca, the prime minister of the S…
  23. Complete the sentence about Barros Blancos with the correct year: On 25 June ______, Barros Blancos was renamed "Juan Antonio Artigas" in honor of the grandfather of the hero José Gervasio Artigas, by…
  24. Complete the sentence with the correct year: On 13 December ______, it was declared a city with the same name by the Act of Ley Nº 16.670.
  25. Complete the sentence about Colonia del Sacramento with the correct year: Manuel Lobo with 5 ships containing about 400 soldiers, craftsmen, carpenters and stonecutters, and 18 guns, reached San Gabri…
  26. Complete the sentence about Colonia del Sacramento with the correct year: José de Garro sent spies from Santo Domingo de Soriano on 22 February ______, after receiving a negative response on 10 Februa…
  27. Complete the sentence about Colonia del Sacramento with the correct year: Lobo was taken as a prisoner to Buenos Aires, where he died on 7 January ______.
  28. Complete the sentence about Colonia del Sacramento with the correct year: A treaty between Spain and Portugal signed in ______ returned Colonia to Portugal.
  29. Complete the sentence about Colonia del Sacramento with the correct year: Field Marshal Duarte Teixeira Chaves arrived off the San Gabriel Islands on 25 January ______, and commenced to rebuild the se…
  30. Complete the sentence about Colonia del Sacramento with the correct year: Field Marshal Cristóvão Dornelas Abreu was its governor until ______, when Dom Francisco Naper de Lencastre took over.
  31. Complete the sentence about Fray Bentos with the correct year: The town was founded as 'Villa Independencia' by Decree of 16 April ______.
  32. Complete the sentence about Trinidad, Uruguay with the correct year: Porongos was founded on 18 July ______ by General José Gervasio Artigas, the Uruguayan independence leader.
  33. Complete the sentence about Carmelo, Uruguay with the correct year: In ______, Hernando Arias de Saavedra, governor of Asunción, landed cattle near the mouth of the Arroyo de las Vacas.
  34. Complete the sentence about Carmelo, Uruguay with the correct year: The present city was founded by José Gervasio Artigas on 12 February ______.
  35. Complete the sentence about Carmelo, Uruguay with the correct year: A swing bridge, the Puente Giratorio de Carmelo, which opened on 1 May ______, passes over the Arroyo de las Vacas.
  36. Complete the sentence about Piriápolis with the correct year: When Piria died in ______, his natural and legal children started fighting each other over the inheritance.
  37. Complete the sentence about Río de la Plata with the correct year: The first European colony was the city of Buenos Aires, founded by Pedro de Mendoza on 2 February ______.
  38. Complete the sentence about Río de la Plata with the correct year: The area was visited by Francis Drake's fleet in early ______, in the early stages of his circumnavigation.
  39. Complete the sentence about Río de la Plata with the correct year: Buenos Aires was re-founded by Juan de Garay on 11 June ______.
  40. Complete the sentence about Uruguay River with the correct year: According to a ______ treaty, Argentina and Uruguay were supposed to jointly agree on matters relating to the Uruguay River.
  41. Complete the sentence about Uruguay River with the correct year: Starting in April ______, residents of Gualeguaychú, as well as many others, protested, claiming that the plants would pollute the rive…
  42. Complete the sentence about Uruguay River with the correct year: In ______, Argentina brought the dispute before the International Court of Justice.
  43. Complete the sentence about Cerro Largo Department with the correct year: In ______, the Captain of the Spanish Infantry Agustín de la Rosa founded the town of Melo, a fortress to repel attacks of the…
  44. Complete the sentence about Cerro Largo Department with the correct year: In ______, when Uruguay was divided in nine departments, Cerro Largo was one of them, including the biggest part of what was l…
  45. Complete the sentence about Maldonado Department with the correct year: The origin of its name can be traced back to the year ______ when Sebastian Cabot returned to Spain after leaving the continent…
  46. Complete the sentence about Maldonado Department with the correct year: Two years later, in ______, a civil and military settlement was founded around the bay and on the neighbouring Gorriti Island.
  47. Complete the sentence about Maldonado Department with the correct year: In ______, the Department of Maldonado was established, encompassing the territories that belong to the modern Department of Roc…
  48. Complete the sentence about Salto Department with the correct year: The first division of the Republic in six departments happened on 27 January ______.
  49. Complete the sentence about Salto Department with the correct year: On 17 June ______ a new division of Uruguay was made and the department of Salto was created including the actual Artigas Department…
  50. Complete the sentence about Artigas Department with the correct year: After winning the allies Colorados Brazil national in ______, territory north of Cuareim was yielded to Brazil which prompted an e…
  51. Complete the sentence about Tacuarembó Department with the correct year: The first division of the Republic in six departments happened in ______.
  52. Complete the sentence about Tacuarembó Department with the correct year: On 17 June ______ a new division of Uruguay was made and this territory was divided in three parts.
  53. Complete the sentence about Lavalleja Department with the correct year: The department was created on June 16, ______, from parts of the Cerro Largo and Maldonado departments.
  54. Complete the sentence about Lavalleja Department with the correct year: From then, and until December 26, ______, when the name was changed to Lavalleja, widespread debates about the matter were held.
  55. Complete the sentence about Flores Department with the correct year: The department was formed in ______ from part of San José Department, during the government of President Máximo Santos.
  56. Complete the sentence about Soriano Department with the correct year: In ______, a Franciscan Mission established a reduction for the indigenous tribes of the area named Santo Domingo Soriano.
  57. Complete the sentence about Soriano Department with the correct year: The first division of Uruguay in departments happened on 27 January ______.
  58. Complete the sentence about Soriano Department with the correct year: When the first constitution was signed in ______, Soriano Department was one of the nine original departments of the Republic.
  59. Complete the sentence about Rivera Department with the correct year: On 7 May ______ the village Pueblo de Ceballos was created, in honour of the Spanish viceroy Pedro de Cevallos.
  60. Complete the sentence about Rivera Department with the correct year: On 1 October ______, it became capital of the newly formed Department of Rivera by the Act of Ley Nº 1.757.
  61. Complete the sentence about Climate of Uruguay with the correct year: In ______, Uruguay identified 106 methods of reducing emissions as part of their Nationally Determined Contributions to the Paris…
  62. Complete the sentence about Climate of Uruguay with the correct year: Since ______ Uruguay is member of the World Meteorological Organization.
  63. Complete the sentence about Isla de Flores with the correct year: Isla de Flores has a historic lighthouse, which was the subject of an ______ treaty, by which Uruguay lost the Misiones Orientales.
  64. Complete the sentence about Isla de Lobos with the correct year: In ______, it was visited by the Venetian navigator Sebastian Cabot during his expedition to the Río de la Plata and Paraná.
  65. Complete the sentence about Isla de Lobos with the correct year: Surveys conducted in ______ revealed the presence of German navy sailors on the island along with Italian maritime personnel.
  66. Complete the sentence about Isla de Lobos with the correct year: In July ______, it became the first automated lighthouse in Uruguay, using solar energy and other new technology.
  67. Complete the sentence about Casapueblo with the correct year: To ______ the Casapueblo Hotel has 20 rooms and suites and 50 apartments, hot pool, sauna, bar, and restaurant.
  68. Complete the sentence about Casapueblo with the correct year: Every afternoon since ______ the Sun Ceremony has been held on the museum's terraces.
  69. Complete the sentence about Teatro Solís with the correct year: In ______, the government of Montevideo started a major reconstruction of the theatre, which included two columns designed by Philippe S…
  70. Complete the sentence about Teatro Solís with the correct year: The reconstruction was completed in ______ with the re-opening taking place in August of that year.
  71. Complete the sentence about Teatro Solís with the correct year: Tomás Giribaldi's La Parisina, considered the first Uruguayan national opera, was premiered at the Solís on 14 September ______.
  72. Complete the sentence about Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo with the correct year: Located in a peninsula at the entrance of the natural port of Montevideo it was founded in ______ as a walled city by the Sp…
  73. Complete the sentence about Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo with the correct year: The main street, Sarandí, was turned into a pedestrian walkway in ______, which increased its commercial and tourist attract…
  74. Complete the sentence about Mercado del Puerto with the correct year: The building was designated a National Historic Monument in ______.
  75. Complete the sentence about Estadio Centenario with the correct year: On 18 July ______, it was declared by FIFA as the first Historical Monument of World Football, to this day the only building to ac…
  76. Complete the sentence about Carrasco International Airport with the correct year: Regular passenger flights were suspended in mid-March ______ due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  77. Complete the sentence about Pocitos with the correct year: The neighborhood emerged as a seaside resort in the 19th century, but it was formally inaugurated in ______, under the name of Nuestra Señora…
  78. Complete the sentence about Pocitos with the correct year: In ______, a tram line was inaugurated that connected the Customs House in the Ciudad Vieja with Pocitos.
  79. Complete the sentence about Punta Carretas with the correct year: In ______, a 400-cell prison was inaugurated to house common and high-risk prisoners, named Punta Carretas Penitentiary.
  80. Complete the sentence about Punta Carretas with the correct year: In September ______, more than 110 prisoners from the far-left urban guerrilla group Tupamaros – National Liberation Movement escaped…
  81. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The output would be found somewhere near the Atlantic Ocean about ______ m away.
  82. Complete the sentence about Arapey with the correct year: In ______ Termas del Arapey had a population of 184 permanent inhabitants.
  83. Complete the sentence about José Ignacio, Uruguay with the correct year: In April ______ the British ship Norman got wrecked near José Ignacio.
  84. Complete the sentence with the correct year: On September 7, ______, by the Act of Ley N° 13.609, it became classified as a city.
  85. Complete the sentence about Chuy with the correct year: The treaty expired in ______ with the signing of the Treaty of El Pardo.
  86. Complete the sentence about Chuy with the correct year: The situation was unstable, however, and the signing of the Treaty of San Ildefonso on October 1, ______, led to a clearer demarcation of domini…
  87. Complete the sentence about Chuy with the correct year: In ______ Bernardo Lecocq developed the fortifications of Fuerte de San Miguel here.
  88. Complete the sentence about Chuy with the correct year: On 7 May ______, a convention was signed to amend the limit on the San Miguel river.
  89. Complete the sentence about Nueva Helvecia with the correct year: The first migratory waves arrived in the area in late ______, composed mainly of Swiss immigrants, together with smaller numbers of Fr…
  90. Complete the sentence about Nueva Helvecia with the correct year: In ______, the settler and political figure Federico Fischer introduced the first mechanical threshing machine in Uruguay.
  91. Complete the sentence about Nueva Helvecia with the correct year: In ______, the Nazi physician and SS officer Josef Mengele, who had fled to South America after World War II, was married in the town’…
  92. Complete the sentence about Nueva Helvecia with the correct year: Until ______ the Facansa enterprise produced bodywork for road vehicles.
  93. Complete the sentence about Young, Uruguay with the correct year: On 17 March ______, in the Tragedia de Young, eight people were crushed to death in a televised event in which they pulled a train to…
  94. Complete the sentence about Rosario, Uruguay with the correct year: The city was founded by Benito Herosa on 24 January ______, during the Spanish colonial rule.
  95. Complete the sentence about Rosario, Uruguay with the correct year: Rosario was founded by Benito Herosa on 24 January ______, and the only city in the Colonia Department to have been established by t…
  96. Complete the sentence about Rosario, Uruguay with the correct year: The place witnessed a series of battles during the struggle for independence from Spain in ______.
  97. Complete the sentence about Rosario, Uruguay with the correct year: The Rosario Social Club was established on 11 October ______, and has been declared as a National Historical Monument by the Ministr…
  98. Complete the sentence about Capybara with the correct year: In ______, a capybara was spotted on the Central Coast of California.
  99. Complete the sentence about Rhea with the correct year: The name "rhea" was used in ______ by Paul Möhring and adopted as the English common name.
  100. Complete the sentence about Southern right whale with the correct year: International protection was established in ______, though illegal whaling by the Soviet Union continued into the 1970s.

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