Events in the year 1852 in Argentina.

Incumbents

Juan Manuel de Rosas Juan Manuel José Domingo Ortiz de Rosas (30 March 1793 – 14 March 1877), nicknamed "Restorer of the Laws", was an Argentine politician and army officer who ruled Buenos Aires Province and briefly the Argentine Confederation. Althoug ...

(de facto Head of State of Argentina * Governor of Cordoba: Manuel López then Alejo Carmen Guzmán * Governor of Santa Fe Province:

Domingo Crespo Domingo Crespo (1791–1871) was an Argentine politician who was governor of the province of Santa Fe from 1851 to 1854. Crespo was a landowner born in Santa Fe City. In 1851 he supported the movement of the ''Federales'' led by the ''caudill ...

* Provisional Director of the

Argentine Confederation The Argentine Confederation (Spanish: ''Confederación Argentina'') was the last predecessor state of modern Argentina; its name is still one of the official names of the country according to the Argentine Constitution, Article 35. It was the name ...

: Justo José de Urquiza

Events

* January 29 – Platine War: Battle of Alvarez Field. 4,000 Rosas loyalist Argentine troops led two of General Ángel Pacheco's colonel defeated by anti-Rosas forces. * January 31 – Two anti-Rosas divisions defeat Pacheco's forces at the Battle of Marques Bridge * February 1 – anti-Rosas coalition camps 9 km (5.6 mi) from Buenos Aires * February 2 – brief skirmish between anti-Rosas coalition and Rosas loyalists end with loyalists retreat * February 3 – Platine War: Battle of Caseros. Rosas overthrown and exiled from Argentina * February 4 – surviving soldiers of Regimento Aquino, composed of Rosas loyalists who had defected from anti-Rosas coalition, summarily executed by firing squad * February 20 – Brazilian forces, part of victorious anti-Rosas coalition, parade through Buenos Aires to mark 25th anniversary of

Battle of Ituzaingó The Battle of Ituzaingó, also known as the Battle of Passo do Rosário, was a pitched battle fought in the vicinity of the Santa Maria River, in a valley of small hills where a stream divided the valley into two. After a two-year series of con ...

in Cisplatine War * May 31 –

San Nicolás Agreement The San Nicolás Agreement () was a pact signed on May 31, 1852 and subscribed by all but one of the 14 provinces of Argentina, provinces of the United Provinces of the River Plate (the exception was Buenos Aires Province, Buenos Aires). The treat ...

* September 11 – coup d'etat in Argentina;

Buenos Aires Province Buenos Aires (), officially the Buenos Aires Province (''Provincia de Buenos Aires'' ), is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of th ...

declares independence. * Yellow fever in Buenos Aires epidemic

Births

Deaths

* February 4 –

Martiniano Chilavert Martiniano Chilavert (October 16, 1798 – February 4, 1852) was a 19th-century Argentinian military officer who took part in the country's civil wars between the Unitarians and the Federales. Originally a Unitarian opponent of Federalist leader o ...

, former Unitarian turned Rosas loyalist, executed by firing squad {{South America topic, 1852 in 1850s in Argentina Years of the 19th century in Argentina