1852 in Argentina

Decades:	1830s ; 1840s ; 1850s ; 1860s ; 1870s ;
See also:	Other events of 1852 ; List of years in Argentina

Last updated December 10, 2025

Incumbents

Governor of Buenos Aires Province: Juan Manuel de Rosas (de facto Head of State of Argentina
Governor of Cordoba: Manuel López then Alejo Carmen Guzmán
Governor of Santa Fe Province: Domingo Crespo
Provisional Director of the Argentine Confederation: Justo José de Urquiza

Events

January 29 – Platine War: Battle of Alvarez Field. 4,000 Rosas loyalist Argentine troops led two of General Ángel Pacheco's colonel defeated by anti-Rosas forces.
January 31 – Two anti-Rosas divisions defeat Pacheco's forces at the Battle of Marques Bridge
February 1 – anti-Rosas coalition camps 9 km (5.6 mi) from Buenos Aires
February 2 – brief skirmish between anti-Rosas coalition and Rosas loyalists end with loyalists retreat
February 3 – Platine War: Battle of Caseros. Rosas overthrown and exiled from Argentina
February 4 – surviving soldiers of Regimento Aquino, composed of Rosas loyalists who had defected from anti-Rosas coalition, summarily executed by firing squad
February 20 – Brazilian forces, part of victorious anti-Rosas coalition, parade through Buenos Aires to mark 25th anniversary of Battle of Ituzaingó in Cisplatine War
May 31 – San Nicolás Agreement
September 11 – coup d'etat in Argentina; Buenos Aires Province declares independence.
Yellow fever in Buenos Aires epidemic^[1]

Deaths

February 4 – Martiniano Chilavert, former Unitarian turned Rosas loyalist, executed by firing squad

References

↑ Stillwaggon, Eileen (1998). Stunted Lives, Stagnant Economies: Poverty, Disease, and Underdevelopment. Rutgers University Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-8135-2494-8.

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[1] Stillwaggon, Eileen (1998). Stunted Lives, Stagnant Economies: Poverty, Disease, and Underdevelopment. Rutgers University Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-8135-2494-8.

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1852 in Argentina

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