1878 in Argentina
# 1878 in Argentina

Events in the year 1878 in Argentina.

## Incumbents

* President: Nicolás Avellaneda
* Vice President: Mariano Acosta

### Governors

* Buenos Aires Province: Carlos Casares (until 1 May); Carlos Tejedor (from 1 May)
* Cordoba: Antonio Del Viso
* Mendoza Province: Julio Gutiérrez (until 15 February); Elías Villanueva (from 15 February)
* Santa Fe Province: Servando Bayo then Simón de Iriondo

### Vice Governors

* Buenos Aires Province: Luis Sáenz Peña (until 1 May); José María Moreno (starting 1 May)

## Events

* May 23 - chartering of Bank of the City of Buenos Aires as the Monte de Piedad in a measure against the prevalence of usury in Buenos Aires (mostly targeting the growing wave of immigration in Argentina)

## Deaths

* January 8 – Gauchito Gil, legendary religious figure (b. 1847)
