1880 in Argentina

Decades:	1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s;
See also:	Other events of 1880; List of years in Argentina

Events in the year 1880 in Argentina.

Incumbents[]

Buenos Aires Province: José María Moreno (until 1 July); vacant thereafter (starting 1 July)

11 April – A presidential election results in the assumption of the presidency by General Julio Argentino Roca, who defeats the Governor of Buenos Aires Province, Carlos Tejedor. Thus the Generation of '80 begins its rule in Argentina. Under Roca's presidency, the so-called "laicist laws" (Leyes Laicas) are passed, which nationalizing functions that had previously been under the control of the Church.
21 June – Battle of Los Corrales: Troops of Carlos Tejedor, governor of Buenos Aires, are defeated by the National Army led by president Nicolás Avellaneda.
21 September – Federalization of Buenos Aires: President Avellaneda's law, Buenos Aires becomes the capital of the republic, under direct control of the federal government.
6 October – The ironclad ARA Almirante Brown is officially launched from a London shipyard.^[1]
12 October – Julio Argentino Roca begins his term as president.

7 January – Santiago Copello, Roman Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Buenos Aires (died 1967)^[2]
3 April – Jorge Brown, footballer (died 1936)
15 July – Enrique Mosca, Radical lawyer and politician (died 1950)^[3]
10 August – Alfredo Palacios, Socialist politician (died 1965)

^ "A Warship Foundered" (PDF). The New York Times. 14 July 1892. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
^ "Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church: Santiago Copello". FIU.
^ Historical Dictionary of Argentina. London: Scarecrow Press, 1978.

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