Portal:Argentina/Anniversaries/February/February 16


 * 1595: Fernando de Zárate begins the construction of the Fortress of Buenos Aires
 * 1820: Manuel de Sarratea is appointed governor of Buenos Aires
 * 1827: Lucio Mansilla defeats a Brazilian army led by Bentos Manuel
 * 1835: Assassination of caudillo Juan Facundo Quiroga in Barranca Yaco