Portal:Argentina/Anniversaries/January

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January 1

• 1809: Martín de Álzaga led an ill-fated mutiny against viceroy Santiago de Liniers.
• 1871: Sanction of the Civil Code of Argentina, written by Dalmacio Vélez Sársfield.
• 1905: Establishment of Club Atlético Independiente in Buenos Aires Province.
• 1970: The peso ley 18.188 becomes the currency of Argentina, replacing the peso moneda nacional.

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January 2

• 1758: Birth of Juan José Paso in Buenos Aires.
• 1890: Joaquín V. González establishes the National University of La Plata.
• 1890: Birth of Leónidas Anastasi, director of the magazine "La Ley".
• 1938: Birth of Norman Briski in Santa Fe. He was an actor, director, and playwright.

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January 3

• 1833: The Islas Malvinas are annexed by Britain.
• 1847: The United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway recognize the 1816 Argentine Declaration of Independence.
• 1915: Establishment of Club Atlético Lanús in Buenos Aires Province.
• 1995: Death of the author Eugenio Pucciarelli.

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January 4

• 1831: Pacto Federal signed by the provinces of Buenos Aires, Entre Ríos and Santa Fe.
• 1870: Establishment of the La Nación newspaper by former president Bartolomé Mitre.
• 1953: Birth of Norberto Alonso in Vicente López. He is a former football midfielder, who played the majority of his career for River Plate.
• 2010: Death of Sandro in Buenos Aires. He was a singer.

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January 5

• 1898: Bith of the plastic artist Enrique Policastro in Buenos Aires.
• 1909: Birth of the author Luisa Mercedes Levinson in Buenos Aires.
• 1939: Suicide of the socialist legislator Lisandro de la Torre.
• 2003: Death of Félix Loustau, former footballer who was a key player on the River Plate squad known as La Máquina.

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January 6

• 1867: Birth of Pelagio Luna, Vice president of Argentina.
• 1877: Bith of the scientist Enrique Herrero Ducloux in Spain.
• 1943: Birth of journalist and writer Osvaldo Soriano in Mar del Plata.
• 2002: The Argentine Currency Board is repealed.

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January 7

• 1840: Death of Blas Parera, author of the music of the Argentine National Anthem.
• 1869: Birth of Julián Irízar, an admiral in the Argentine Navy, commander of the Uruguay Corvette in the 1903 rescue of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition.
• 1919: A riot in Buenos Aires starts the Tragic Week.
• 1978: Birth of Emilio Palma, the first person known to be born on the continent of Antarctica, at the Esperanza Base near the tip of the Antarctic peninsula.

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January 8

• 1820: The Arequito Revolt, a military revolt of the Army of the North in Santa Fe Province.
• 1928: Death of senator Juan B. Justo in Buenos Aires.
• 1971: Death of the theater script writer Armando Discépolo.
• 1995: Death of boxer Carlos Monzón in a car accident.

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January 9

• 1842: The Battle of San Cala, was fought in Córdoba Province between Unitarian forces and the Federalists.
• 1897: Birth of musician Luis Gianneo in Buenos Aires.
• 1911: Birth of the plastic artist Héctor Julio Páride Bernabó in Lanús
• 1915: Birth of actor and director Fernando Lamas in Buenos Aires.

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January 10

• 1778: Birth of Teodoro Sánchez de Bustamante in Jujuy. He took part in the Congress of Tucumán.
• 1829: Death of the priest Gregorio Funes in Buenos Aires. He took part in the political conflicts following the May Revolution.
• 1883:
  • Death of Salvador María del Carril, first Vice President of Argentina.
  • Death of Mamerto Esquiú, member of the 1853 Constituent Assembly

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January 11

• 1904: The city of Barracas al Sur is renamed Avellaneda after the statesman Nicolás Avellaneda.
• 1943: Death of former president Agustín Pedro Justo in Buenos Aires
• 1957: Establishment of Arsenal de Sarandí in the city of Buenos Aires by Julio Humberto Grondona and Héctor Grondona.
• 1996: Death of humorist Tato Bores in Buenos Aires.

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January 12

• 1890: The Tigre Hotel opens on the banks of the Luján River, in Tigre, Buenos Aires.
• 1920: Death of Cayetano Silva, author of the San Lorenzo march.
• 1933: Birth of writer Isidoro Blaisten.
• 1969: Death of journalist Roberto Noble in Buenos Aires.

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January 13

• 1912: Establishment of the Tigre Club on the banks of the Luján River, in Tigre, Buenos Aires.
• 1916: Establishment of the Juventud Antoniana football club in Salta.
• 1935: Birth of writer Marcos Aguinis in the province of Córdoba.
• 1974: The Atucha I Nuclear Power Plant, the first nuclear power plant in Latin America, its reactor goes critical, and soon begins operation.

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January 14

• 1863: The 1863 Jujuy earthquake was a seismic movement that took place in the province of Jujuy, Argentina, with an estimated magnitude of 6.4 in the Richter scale.
• 1878: Birth of writer Octavio Amadeo.
• 1897: Matthias Zurbriggen makes the first recorded climb to the summit of Mt. Aconcagua.
• 1976: Death of Juan d'Arienzo, Argentine tango musician, also known as "El Rey del Compás" (King of the Beat).

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January 15

• 1822: Establishment of the Bank of Buenos Aires.
• 1877: First industrial fair, during the presidency of Nicolás Avellaneda.
• 1886: Birth of historian Emilio Ravignani.
• 1944: A devastating earthquake takes place in San Juan Province.

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January 16

• 1807: The British Samuel Auchmuty disembarks in Buceo, during the British invasions of the Río de la Plata
• 1827: Córdoba rejects the unitarian Constitution of 1826
• 1846: Lucio Mansilla attacks an Anglo-French navy at San Lorenzo, Santa Fe.
• 1896: Birth of tango artist Rosita Quiroga in Buenos Aires

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January 17

• 1817: The Congress of Tucumán moves to Buenos Aires.
• 1825: Juan León Solás, governor of Entre Ríos, forbides the establishment of convents.
• 1905: Birth of Guillermo Stábile, footballer and coach and top-striker of the first FIFA World Cup 193.
• 1944: Juan Domingo Perón and Eva Perón met for the first time.

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January 18

• 1878: Argentina and Chile set their definite borders.
• 1983: Death of Arturo Illia, President of Argentina.
• 1986: Death of tango singer Edmundo Rivero.
• 1988: Aldo Rico leads a military insurrection in Monte Caseros.

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January 19

• 1811: Manuel Belgrano is defeated at the battle of Paraguarí.
• 1851: Death of the unitarian author Esteban Echeverría
• 1906: Death of Bartolomé Mitre, president of Argentina
• 1920: Birth of Roberto M. Levingston, de facto president of Argentina.

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January 20

• 1805: Rafael de Sobremonte is appointed viceroy of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.
• 1839: Berón de Astrada, governor of Corrientes, revolts against Rosas.
• 1841: Denmark acknowledges the Argentine Declaration of Independence.
• 1890: Death of Guillermo Rawson.

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January 21

• 1823 Cayetano José Rodríguez, cleric, journalist and poet and a representative to the Congress of Tucumán dies.
• 1883 Elías Isaac Alippi actor, theatrical impresario, film director and theater director is born in Buenos Aires.
• 1896 Club Atlético Banfield, a sports club in the city of Banfield, Buenos Aires is founded by English immigrants.
• 1923 Alberto de Mendoza, actor in Argentine cinema, is born in Buenos Aires.

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January 22

• 1814: Gervasio Antonio de Posadas is appointed Supreme Director.
• 1841: Juan Manuel de Rosas closes the Paraná and Uruguay Rivers to international trade.
• 1895: President Luis Sáenz Peña resigns. He is replaced by José Evaristo Uriburu.
• 1977: Death of the boxer Pascual Pérez.

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January 23

• 1765: John Byron take possession of the Falkland Islands for Britain
• 1839: Death of poet Juan Cruz Varela
• 1989: A military mutiny takes La Tablada

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January 24

• 1811: Mariano Moreno sails to Europe on a diplomatic mission.
• 1817: Action of Picheuta during the Crossing of the Andes
• 1823: Birth of Prilidiano Pueyrredón, Argentine painter, architect, and engineer.
• 1856: Arrival to Rosario of the first immigrants that would establish Esperanza

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January 25

• 1822: Sign of the Quadrilateral treaty between Buenos Aires, Entre Ríos, Santa Fe and Corrientes
• 1830: The legislature of Buenos Aires declares Juan Manuel de Rosas "restorer of laws and institutions of the province"
• 1925: Death of Juan Vucetich, pioneer in the science of fingerprint identification
• 1997: Murder of press photographer José Luis Cabezas

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January 26

• 1576: Death of Juan Ortiz de Zárate, seventh adelantado of the Río de la Plata
• 1765: Birth of Saturnino Rodríguez Peña
• 1944: Argentina breaks relations with Japan and Germany during WWII
• 2010: Death of Inda Ledesma, stage, television, and cinema actress.

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January 27

• 1851: Birth of Rafael Obligado poet and playwright
• 1851: Birth of Miguel Cané, writer, lawyer, academic, journalist, and politician
• 1876: Birth of José Luis Murature, lawyer, journalist, professor, foreign minister of Argentina and later editor of La Nación newspaper
• 1979: Death of Victoria Ocampo, writer and editor

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January 28

• 1907: Birth of Ulyses Petit de Murat, poet and screenwriter who wrote the script for La Guerra Gaucha
• 1928: Death of Juan B. Justo, physician, journalist, politician, writer and founder of the Argentine Socialist Party
• 1977: Death of Benito Quinquela Martín, painter
• 1991: Domingo Cavallo is appointed minister of Economy

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January 29

• 1842: José María Paz seizes Paraná.
• 1896: Death of Aristóbulo del Valle, lawyer and politician
• 1926: Birth of Roberto Goyeneche, tango singer
• 1997: Death of Osvaldo Soriano, journalist and writer

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January 30

• 1794: Establishment of the Commerce Consulate of Buenos Aires
• 1821: First Constitution of Córdoba
• 1842: Death of José Ruiz Huidobro
• 1933: Birth of Sergio Renán, actor, film director and screenwriter

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January 31

• 1811: Death of Manuel Alberti, member of the Primera Junta
• 1813: Establishment of the Assembly of the Year XIII
• 1908: Birth of Atahualpa Yupanqui, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and writer
• 2010: Death of Tomás Eloy Martínez, Argentine journalist and writer

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