1886 in Argentina
Events in the year 1886 in Argentina.
Incumbents
- President: Julio Argentino Roca (to 12 October); Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman (from 12 October)
- Vice President: Francisco Bernabé Madero (to 12 October); Carlos Pellegrini (from 12 October)
Events
- 3 April - President Julio Argentino Roca, with the support of the agricultural elites - as well as of the London financial powerhouse, Barings Bank - fields his son-in-law, Córdoba Province Governor Miguel Juárez Celman, as the PAN candidate for president; he is elected almost unanimously.[1]
Births
- 23 February - Antonio Alice, painter (died 1943)
- 6 June - Salvador Mazza, epidemiologist (died 1946)[2]
- 20 December - Celestino Piaggio, pianist, conductor and composer (died 1931)
Deaths
- 1 February - Juan Esteban Pedernera, acting President in 1861 (born 1796)
- 21 October - José Hernández, journalist, poet, and politician (born 1834; heart disease)[3]
References
- ↑ Todo Argentina: 1886 (Spanish)
- ↑ Historia de la enfermedad de Chagas (Spanish)
- ↑ Jorge Luis Borges, "José Hernández", in El Martín Fierro (ISBN 8420619337)
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