1886 in Argentina

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Events in the year 1886 in Argentina.

Incumbents

President: Julio Argentino Roca (to 12 October); Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman (from 12 October)
Vice President: Francisco Bernabé Madero (to 12 October); Carlos Pellegrini (from 12 October)

Governors

Vice Governors

Buenos Aires Province: Matías Cardoso

Events

3 April – President Julio Argentino Roca, with the support of the agricultural elites – as well as of the London financial powerhouse, Barings Bank – 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 – Antonio Alice, painter (died 1943)
6 June – Salvador Mazza, epidemiologist (died 1946)^[2]
20 December – Celestino Piaggio, pianist, conductor and composer (died 1931)

Deaths

1 February – Juan Esteban Pedernera, acting president in 1861 (born 1796)
21 October – José Hernández, journalist, poet, and politician (born 1834; heart disease)^[3]

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The Argentine presidential election of 1886 was held on 11 April to choose the president of Argentina. Miguel Juárez Celman was elected president.

References

↑ Todo Argentina: 1886 Archived 23 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
↑ Historia de la enfermedad de Chagas (in Spanish) Archived 4 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Jorge Luis Borges, "José Hernández", in El Martín Fierro ( ISBN 8420619337)

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