title: 1878 in Argentina
text: # 1878 in Argentina
  
  Events in the year 1878 in Argentina.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President: Nicolás Avellaneda
  * Vice President: Mariano Acosta
  
  ### Governors
  
  * Buenos Aires Province: Carlos Casares (until 1 May); Carlos Tejedor (from 1 May)
  * Cordoba: Antonio Del Viso
  * Mendoza Province: Julio Gutiérrez (until 15 February); Elías Villanueva (from 15 February)
  * Santa Fe Province: Servando Bayo then Simón de Iriondo
  
  ### Vice Governors
  
  * Buenos Aires Province: Luis Sáenz Peña (until 1 May); José María Moreno (starting 1 May)
  
  ## Events
  
  * May 23 - chartering of Bank of the City of Buenos Aires as the Monte de Piedad in a measure against the prevalence of usury in Buenos Aires (mostly targeting the growing wave of immigration in Argentina)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * January 8 – Gauchito Gil, legendary religious figure (b. 1847)
  