1879 in Argentina
Events in the year 1879 in Argentina.
Incumbents
- President: Nicolás Avellaneda
- Vice President: Mariano Acosta
Governors
- Buenos Aires Province: Carlos Tejedor
- Cordoba: Antonio Del Viso
- Mendoza Province: Elías Villanueva
- Santa Fe Province: Simón de Iriondo
Vice Governors
- Buenos Aires Province: José María Moreno
Events
- April – Conquest of the Desert: Julio Argentino Roca begins his second sweep of the land up to the Río Negro, aiming to "extinguish, subdue or expel" the Indians who inhabit the region.
- October – Roca gives up his military career to enter politics.
- 10 November – Tandanor, a worker-owned shipyard, is founded in Buenos Aires.
- date unknown
- *Argentina's first anarchist newspaper, El Descamisado, is launched.
- Aberdeen Angus cattle are first introduced to Argentina by Don Carlos Guerrero.
Arts and culture
- date unknown
- *José Hernández publishes La Vuelta de Martín Fierro, the second and final part of his epic poem.
- *Eduardo Gutiérrez writes his major novel, Juan Moreira.
Births
- 27 May – Cesáreo Bernaldo de Quirós, post-Impressionist painter
- 22 November – Julio Salvador Sagreras, guitarist and composer
- 6 December – Rogelio Yrurtia, Realist sculptor
Deaths
- date unknown – Juan Madariaga, general