1867 in Argentina
# 1867 in Argentina

Events in the year 1867 in Argentina.

## Incumbents

* President: Bartolomé Mitre
* Vice President: Marcos Paz

### Governors

* Buenos Aires Province: Adolfo Alsina
* Mendoza Province:
   * until 11 April: Carlos Juan Rodríguez
   * 11 April-11 July: Nicolás Villanueva
   * 11 July-16 October: Ezequiel García
   * starting 16 October: Nicolás Villanueva
* Santa Fe Province: Nicasio Oroño

### Vice Governors

* Buenos Aires Province: vacant

## Events

* 27 March – founding of the Club Atlético del Rosario
* 9 May – British immigrants Thomas and James Hogg found the Buenos Aires Football Club, effectively marking the beginning of the sport in Argentina.
* 8 July – Paraguayan War: Staff Sargeant Roberto A. Chodasiewicz uses an observation balloon during the battle of Humaitá.
* 31 October – establishment of the Benito Juárez Partido
* 15 November
   * La Capital is founded in Rosario, the oldest Argentine newspaper still in circulation.
   * Ferrocarril Andino, the first state-owned railway in Argentina, is founded.
* 25 November – establishment of the Olavarría Partido

## Births

* 6 January – Pelagio Luna, politician (died 1919)
* 8 March – Gregorio de Laferrère, politician and playwright (died 1913)
* 19 April – Elvira Rawson de Dellepiane, first woman in Argentina to obtain a medical degree and "the mother of women's rights in Argentina" (died 1954)

## Deaths

* 2 June – Pascual Echagüe, soldier and politician (born 1797)
* 5 November – Santiago Derqui
