1886 in Argentina

Events in the year 1886 in Argentina.

Incumbents

President: Julio Argentino Roca ; Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman
[Vice President of Argentina|President of Argentina|Vice President]: Francisco Bernabé Madero ; Carlos Pellegrini

Governors

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

Vice Governors

Buenos Aires Province: Matías Cardoso

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.

Births

23 February – Antonio Alice, painter
6 June – Salvador Mazza, epidemiologist
20 December – Celestino Piaggio, pianist, conductor and composer

Deaths

1 February – Juan Esteban Pedernera, acting president in 1861
21 October – José Hernández, journalist, poet, and politician