X-Nico

3 unusual facts about Julio Argentino Roca


Conrado Villegas

Conrado Villegas (February 3, 1841 – April 26, 1884) was an Argentine general in the 1880s during the presidency of Julio Argentino Roca.

Federico Errázuriz Echaurren

To celebrate the decision to arbitrate and avoid war, Presidente Errázuriz and Argentinian President Julio Argentino Roca held an international meeting in the Strait of Magellan.

Moisés Santiago Bertoni

On March 30 they landed in Buenos Aires, and interviewed with the chairman of the Nation, General Julio Argentino Roca, who provided the means to travel and colonize the province of Misiones.


1879 in Argentina

April – Conquest of the Desert: Julio Argentino Roca begins his second sweep of the land up to the Rio Negro, aiming to "extinguish, subdue or expel" the Indians who inhabit the region.


see also