Events in the year 1864 in
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
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Incumbents
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President
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*President (corporate title)
* President (education), a leader of a college or university
* President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...
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Bartolomé Mitre
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Vice President
A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on ...
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Marcos Paz
Marcos Paz (1813 – January 2, 1868) was Governor of Córdoba and Tucumán Provinces, an Argentine Senator, and Vice President of Argentina from October 12, 1862, until his death in 1868.
Biography
Marcos Paz was born to a prominent Tu ...
Governors
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Buenos Aires Province:
Mariano Saavedra
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Cordoba:
Roque Ferreyra (starting month unknown)
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Mendoza Province
Mendoza, officially Province of Mendoza, is a province of Argentina, in the western central part of the country in the Cuyo region. It borders San Juan to the north, La Pampa and Neuquén to the south, San Luis to the east, and the republic o ...
:
Carlos González
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Santa Fe Province
The Province of Santa Fe ( es, Provincia de Santa Fe, ) is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco (divided by the 28th parallel south), Corrientes, Entre RÃ ...
:
Patricio Cullen
Vice Governors
*Buenos Aires Province: vacant
Events
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10 August
Events Pre-1600
* 654 – Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I.
* 955 – Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats the Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West.
* 991 – Battle of Maldon: Th ...
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Uruguayan War
The Uruguayan War (10 August 1864 – 20 February 1865) was fought between Uruguay's governing Blanco Party and an alliance consisting of the Empire of Brazil and the Uruguayan Colorado Party, covertly supported by Argentina. Since its i ...
: War breaks out between Brazil and Uruguay, despite negotiations involving Argentine Foreign Minister
Rufino de Elizalde.
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25 October – establishment of
General Las Heras Partido
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13 December –
Paraguayan War
The Paraguayan War, also known as the War of the Triple Alliance, was a South American war that lasted from 1864 to 1870. It was fought between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Argentina, the Empire of Brazil, and Uruguay. It was the deadlies ...
: Paraguay declares war on Brazil; war with Argentina follows three months later.
* The classic
aperitif Hesperidina is invented by American immigrant
Melville Sewell Bagley in
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the RÃo de la Plata, on South ...
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Deaths
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30 October –
Jonas Coe ("Comodoro Juan Coe"), US naval commander and supporter of
Juan Manuel de Rosas (born 1805).
[Pérez Calvo, Lucio Ricardo (2008). ''Norteamericanos en la Argentina''. Pérez Calvo, p. 143. ]
References
{{South America topic, 1864 in
1860s in Argentina
History of Argentina (1852–1880)
Years of the 19th century in Argentina