1879 in Argentina
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Incumbents
- President: Nicolás Avellaneda
- Vice President: Mariano Acosta
Governors
Vice Governors
- Buenos Aires Province: José MarÃa Moreno
Events
- April â Conquest of the Desert: Julio Argentino Roca begins his second sweep of the land up to the RÃo Negro, aiming to "extinguish, subdue or expel" the Indians who inhabit the region.[1]
- October â Roca gives up his military career to enter politics.
- 10 November â Tandanor, a worker-owned shipyard, is founded in Buenos Aires.[2]
- date unknown
- Argentina's first anarchist newspaper, El Descamisado, is launched.[3]
- Aberdeen Angus cattle are first introduced to Argentina by Don Carlos Guerrero.
Arts and culture
- date unknown
- José Hernández publishes La Vuelta de MartÃn Fierro, the second and final part of his epic poem.[4]
- Eduardo Gutiérrez writes his major novel, Juan Moreira.[5]
Births
- 27 May â Cesáreo Bernaldo de Quirós, post-Impressionist painter (died 1968)
- 22 November â Julio Salvador Sagreras, guitarist and composer (died 1942)[6]
- 6 December â Rogelio Yrurtia, Realist sculptor (died 1950)[7]
Deaths
- date unknown â Juan Madariaga, general (born 1809)