This article is about events that occurred in 1885 in Argentina.

1885
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Argentina

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See also:Other events of 1885
List of years in Argentina

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  • June – Former president Nicolás Avellaneda travels to France with his wife, seeking medical treatment for nephritis.[1] The treatment is unsuccessful and 48-year-old Avellaneda, Argentina's youngest-ever president, dies at sea on the return journey.
  • 19 December – The city of Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, is established, and a naval base created, to increase Argentine control over southern Patagonia.

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  1. ^ El Historiador biography Archived 15 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  2. ^ El Historiador biography Archived 15 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)