1901 in Argentina

← 1900 1899 1898 1901 in Argentina → 1902 1903 1904
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
See also:	Other events of 1901 List of years in Argentina

Incumbents

• President: Julio Argentino Roca

Governors

• Buenos Aires Province: Bernardo de Irigoyen
• Cordoba: Donaciano del Campillo then José Manuel Álvarez
• Mendoza Province: Jacinto Álvarez then Elías Villanueva

Vice Governors

• Buenos Aires Province: Alfredo Demarchi

Events

• 25 March – The Argentine Regional Workers' Federation, a syndicalist movement, is founded. ^[1]
• 17 May – José Manuel Álvarez becomes Governor of Córdoba.
• December - Scientist José María Sobral joins the Swedish Antarctic Expedition in Buenos Aires, thus becoming the first Argentine to set foot on Antarctica. ^[2]

Births

• 25 January – Martín de Álzaga, Argentinian race car driver and pilot (died 1982)
• 27 February – Horatio Luro, Argentine-born American horse trainer (died 1991)
• 17 April – Raúl Prebisch, economist (died 1986)
• 13 November – Arturo Jauretche, writer, politician, and philosopher (died 1974)
• 2 December – Raimundo Orsi, footballer (died 1986) ^[3]
• 24 December – Nina Negri, artist (died 1981) ^[4]

Deaths

• 23 August – Enrique Tornú, physician and hygienist (born 1865) ^[5]

References

1. Simon, S. Fanny (February 1946). "Anarchism and Anarcho-Syndicalism in South America". The Hispanic American Historical Review (Durham: Duke University Press) 26 (1): 38–59. doi:10.2307/2507692.
2. Sobral's Biography - Marambio Base site (in Spanish)
3. (in Spanish) Biography Archived 2007-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Negri, Nina (1901-1981)". Bibliothèque nationale de France (in French). Retrieved 28 July 2025.
5. Short biography Archived 2007-08-08 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)