1878 in Argentina
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Incumbents
Governors
- Buenos Aires Province: Carlos Casares (until 1 May); Carlos Tejedor (from 1 May)
- Cordoba: Antonio Del Viso
- Mendoza Province: Julio Gutiérrez (until 15 February); ElÃas Villanueva (from 15 February)
- Santa Fe Province: Servando Bayo then Simón de Iriondo
Vice Governors
- Buenos Aires Province: Luis Sáenz Peña (until 1 May); José MarÃa Moreno (starting 1 May)
Events
- May 23 - chartering of Bank of the City of Buenos Aires as the Monte de Piedad in a measure against the prevalence of usury in Buenos Aires (mostly targeting the growing wave of immigration in Argentina)[1]
Deaths
- January 8 â Gauchito Gil, legendary religious figure (b. 1847)
