1885 in Argentina

Events in the year 1885 in Argentina.

Incumbents

• President: Julio Argentino Roca
• Vice President: Francisco Bernabé Madero

Events

• June – Former president Nicolás Avellaneda travels to France with his wife, seeking medical treatment for nephritis.^[1] 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 (died 1935)
• 7 September – José Durand Laguna, football manager (died 1965)

Deaths

• August – Saturnino María Laspiur, lawyer and politician (born 1829)
• 13 September – Roque Ferreyra, politician (born 1810)
• 24 November – Nicolás Avellaneda, 8th President of Argentina (born 1837)^[2]

References

1. El Historiador biography (Spanish)
2. El Historiador biography (Spanish)