1886 in Argentina
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Incumbents
- President: Julio Argentino Roca (to 12 October); Miguel Ãngel Juárez Celman (from 12 October)
- Vice President: Francisco Bernabé Madero (to 12 October); Carlos Pellegrini (from 12 October)
Governors
- Buenos Aires Province: Carlos Alfredo D'Amico
- Cordoba: Gregorio Gavier then Ambrosio Olmos
- Mendoza Province: Rufino Ortega
- Santa Fe Province: Manuel MarÃa Zavalla then José Gálvez
Vice Governors
- Buenos Aires Province: MatÃas Cardoso
Events
- 3 April â President Julio Argentino Roca, with the support of the agricultural elites â as well as of the London financial powerhouse, Barings Bank â 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 â Antonio Alice, painter (died 1943)
- 6 June â Salvador Mazza, epidemiologist (died 1946)[2]
- 20 December â Celestino Piaggio, pianist, conductor and composer (died 1931)
Deaths
- 1 February â Juan Esteban Pedernera, acting president in 1861 (born 1796)
- 21 October â José Hernández, journalist, poet, and politician (born 1834; heart disease)[3]
