1867 in Argentina
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Incumbents
Governors
- Buenos Aires Province: Adolfo Alsina
- Mendoza Province:
- until 11 April: Carlos Juan RodrÃguez
- 11 April-11 July: Nicolás Villanueva
- 11 July-16 October: Ezequiel GarcÃa
- starting 16 October: Nicolás Villanueva
- Santa Fe Province: Nicasio Oroño
Vice Governors
- Buenos Aires Province: vacant
Events
- 27 March â founding of the Club Atlético del Rosario
- 9 May â British immigrants Thomas and James Hogg found the Buenos Aires Football Club, effectively marking the beginning of the sport in Argentina.[1]
- 8 July â Paraguayan War: Staff Sergeant Roberto A. Chodasiewicz uses an observation balloon during the battle of Humaitá.
- 31 October â establishment of the Benito Juárez Partido
- 15 November
- La Capital is founded in Rosario, the oldest Argentine newspaper still in circulation.[2]
- Ferrocarril Andino, the first state-owned railway in Argentina, is founded.[3]
- 25 November â establishment of the OlavarrÃa Partido
Births
- 6 January â Pelagio Luna, politician (died 1919)
- 8 March â Gregorio de Laferrère, politician and playwright (died 1913)
- 19 April â Elvira Rawson de Dellepiane, first woman in Argentina to obtain a medical degree and "the mother of women's rights in Argentina"[4] (died 1954)
Deaths
- 2 June â Pascual Echagüe, soldier and politician (born 1797)
- 5 November â Santiago Derqui
