1871 in Argentina

Events in the year 1871 in Argentina.

Incumbents

President: Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
[Vice President of Argentina|President of Argentina|Vice President]: Adolfo Alsina

1 January – The Civil Code of Argentina, written by Dalmacio Vélez Sársfield, comes into effect.
27 January – Yellow Fever in Buenos Aires: Three cases of yellow fever are diagnosed in the San Telmo neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, which is full of tenements. The City Commission declines to warn the population of the danger of an epidemic.
4 March – The Tribune newspaper reports that the streets of fever-infested Buenos Aires are so dark at night that "it truly appeared as if the terrible scourge had swept away all the residents".
9–11 April – 500 deaths are registered daily in Buenos Aires as a result of the yellow fever epidemic.
7 May – Germany sends its first ambassador to Argentina.
August – The East Argentine Railway company is founded by British investors.
24 October – The Argentine National Observatory is founded by President Domingo F. Sarmiento and the North American astronomer Benjamin Apthorp Gould.

20 February – Anthony Dominic Fahy, Irish Dominican Priest, missionary and head of Argentina's Irish community
14 March – Franklin Rawson, painter
24 March – José Roque Pérez, president of the People's Commission of Buenos Aires
8 April – Francisco Javier Muñiz, soldier, naturalist, and medical doctor
April 10 – Lucio Norberto Mansilla, general and governor
April 23 – Sinforoso Amoedo, medical doctor
May 25 – Manuel Argerich, medical doctor