1872 in Argentina

Events in the year 1872 in Argentina.

Incumbents

 * President: Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
 * Vice President: Adolfo Alsina

Governors

 * Buenos Aires Province: Emilio de Castro y Rocha (until 3 May); Mariano Acosta (from 3 May)
 * Cordoba: Juan Antonio Álvarez
 * Mendoza Province: Arístides Villanueva
 * Santa Fe Province: Simón de Iriondo

Vice Governors

 * Buenos Aires Province: vacant

Events

 * date unknown - The Argentine government awards the concession for the Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway to John E. Clark for the construction of a railway from Buenos Aires to Chile.

Births

 * date unknown - Ángel de Estrada, poet and novelist (died 1923)

Deaths

 * June 22 - Rudecindo Alvarado, military leader (born 1792)