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.The Standard, 25 May 1867 8 July – Paraguayan War: Staff Sergeant 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.La Capital: History (Spanish) . Accessed 21 November 2013 Ferrocarril Andino, the first state-owned railway in Argentina, is founded.Lewis, Colin M. (1983). British Railways in Argentina 1857–1914: A Case Study of Foreign Investment. Athlone Press (for the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London). 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
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