1886 in Argentina

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)

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]

References