1900 in Argentina
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Incumbents
Governors
- Buenos Aires Province: Bernardo de Irigoyen
- Cordoba: Donaciano del Campillo
- Mendoza Province: Jacinto Álvarez
Vice Governors
- Buenos Aires Province: Alfredo Demarchi
Events
- January 25 - Plague is officially declared in Rosario.[1]
- January 29-February 4 - Buenos Aires suffers its worst heat wave for 20 years.[1] In the first two weeks of February, 403 deaths are certified from "heat apoplexy and sunstroke". The Buenos Aires Herald speculates that some of these are actually caused by plague.
- March 30 - By presidential decree, lyrics considered offensive to Spanish immigrants are omitted from future public performances of the Argentine National Anthem.[2]
- May 14-October 28 - Argentina participates for the first time in the Olympic Games.
- June 8 - The Argentine Republic is officially declared free of plague.[3]
Deaths
- April 2 - Roberto Arlt, writer (died 1942)
- June 11 - Leopoldo Marechal, writer (died 1970)
- August 4 - Arturo Umberto Illia, President of Argentina 1963-66 (died 1983)[4]
- October 8 - Alfredo Carricaberry, footballer (died 1942)
- December 14 - Juan d'Arienzo, tango musician (died 1976)
See also
References
- Myron J. Echenberg, Plague Ports: The Global Urban Impact of Bubonic Plague, 1894-1901. p 146-7
- Buch, Esteban (January 1994). O juremos con gloria morir: historia de una épica de estado [Or swear to die gloriously: history of a state epic] (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana. ISBN 978-950-07-0964-4. pp. 87–92.
- John Hay (June 15, 1900). "ARGENTINA. Republic declared free from plague". Public Health Reports. 15 (24): 1504. JSTOR 41455481.
- Arturo Illia, su vida, principios y doctrina, by Ricardo Illia, Ediciones Corregidor
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