1879 in Argentina

Events in the year 1879 in Argentina.

Incumbents

 * President: Nicolás Avellaneda
 * Vice President: Mariano Acosta

Governors

 * Buenos Aires Province: Carlos Tejedor
 * Cordoba: Antonio Del Viso
 * Mendoza Province: Elías Villanueva
 * Santa Fe Province: Simón de Iriondo

Vice Governors

 * Buenos Aires Province: José María Moreno

Events

 * April – Conquest of the Desert: Julio Argentino Roca begins his second sweep of the land up to the Río Negro, aiming to "extinguish, subdue or expel" the Indians who inhabit the region.
 * October – Roca gives up his military career to enter politics.
 * 10 November – Tandanor, a worker-owned shipyard, is founded in Buenos Aires.
 * date unknown
 * Argentina's first anarchist newspaper, El Descamisado, is launched.
 * Aberdeen Angus cattle are first introduced to Argentina by Don Carlos Guerrero.

Arts and culture

 * date unknown
 * José Hernández publishes La Vuelta de Martín Fierro, the second and final part of his epic poem.
 * Eduardo Gutiérrez writes his major novel, Juan Moreira.

Births

 * 27 May – Cesáreo Bernaldo de Quirós, post-Impressionist painter (died 1968)
 * 22 November – Julio Salvador Sagreras, guitarist and composer (died 1942)
 * 6 December – Rogelio Yrurtia, Realist sculptor (died 1950)

Deaths

 * date unknown – Juan Madariaga, general (born 1809)