This article is about events that occurred in 1885 in Argentina.
Incumbents President: Julio Argentino Roca Vice President: Francisco Bernabé Madero
Governors Buenos Aires Province: Carlos Alfredo D'Amico Cordoba: Gregorio Gavier Mendoza Province: Rufino Ortega Santa Fe Province: Manuel María Zavalla
Vice governors Buenos Aires Province: Matías Cardoso
Events June – Former president Nicolás Avellaneda travels to France with his wife, seeking medical treatment for nephritis.El Historiador biography 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.
Births 7 January – Ernesto Brown, footballer (died 1935) 7 September – José Durand Laguna, football manager (died 1965)
Deaths August – Saturnino María Laspiur, lawyer and politician (born 1829) 13 September – Roque Ferreyra, politician (born 1810) 24 November – Nicolás Avellaneda, 8th President of Argentina (born 1837)El Historiador biography
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