1885 in Argentina

This article is about events that occurred in 1885 in Argentina.

Incumbents

President: Julio Argentino RocaVice President: Francisco Bernabé Madero

Governors

Buenos Aires Province: Carlos Alfredo D'Amico
Cordoba: Gregorio Gavier
Mendoza Province: Rufino Ortega
Santa Fe Province: Manuel María Zavalla

Vice governors

Buenos Aires Province: Matías Cardoso

Events

June – Former president Nicolás Avellaneda travels to France with his wife, seeking medical treatment for nephritis. The treatment is unsuccessful and 48-year-old Avellaneda, Argentina's youngest-ever president, dies at sea on the return journey.
19 December – The city of Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, is established, and a naval base created, to increase Argentine control over southern Patagonia.

Births

7 January – Ernesto Brown, footballer
7 September – José Durand Laguna, football manager

Deaths

August – Saturnino María Laspiur, lawyer and politician
13 September – Roque Ferreyra, politician
24 November – Nicolás Avellaneda, 8th President of Argentina