Incumbents President: Julio Argentino Roca
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.Myron J. Echenberg, Plague Ports: The Global Urban Impact of Bubonic Plague, 1894-1901. p 146-7 January 29–February 4 - Buenos Aires suffers its worst heat wave for 20 years. 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.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. . pp. 87–92. 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.
Births April April 2 - Roberto Arlt, writer (died 1942)
June June 11 - Leopoldo Marechal, writer (died 1970)
July July 15 – Enrique Cadícamo, tango lyricist, poet and novelist (died 1999)
August August 4 - Arturo Umberto Illia, President of Argentina 1963–66 (died 1983)Arturo Illia, su vida, principios y doctrina, by Ricardo Illia, Ediciones Corregidor
October October 8 - Alfredo Carricaberry, footballer (died 1942)
December December 14 - Juan d'Arienzo, tango musician (died 1976)
See also 1900 in Argentine football
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