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Julio Argentino Roca

1843 - 1914

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Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz (July 17, 1843 – October 19, 1914) was an army general and statesman who served as President of Argentina from 1880 to 1886 and from 1898 to 1904. Roca is the most important representative of the Generation of '80 and is known for directing the Conquest of the Desert, a series of military campaigns against the indigenous peoples of Patagonia sometimes considered a genocide. During his two terms as president, many important changes occurred, particularly major infrastructure projects of railroads and port facilities; increased foreign investment, along with immigration from Europe and particular large-scale immigration from southern Europe; expansion of the agricultural and pastoral sectors of the economy; and laicizing legislation strengthening state power. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julio Argentino Roca has received more than 226,038 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Julio Argentino Roca is the 6,882nd most popular politician (up from 7,031st in 2019), the 104th most popular biography from Argentina and the 27th most popular Argentinean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Julio Argentino Roca ranks 6,882 out of 19,576. Before him are Rajaraja I, Isa Boletini, Ingenuus, Firuz Shah Tughlaq, Emperor Daowu of Northern Wei, and Robert Todd Lincoln. After him are Sevar of Bulgaria, André Tardieu, Ptolemy of Aloros, Prince Alexandre of Belgium, Gallus Anonymus, and Lee Jong-wook.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1843, Julio Argentino Roca ranks 38. Before him are Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal, Lydia Koidula, Elizabeth Stride, Antonio Labriola, Shō Tai, and Robert Todd Lincoln. After him are Eugene de Blaas, Aleksandra Potanina, Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev, Louis Duchesne, Frederic W. H. Myers, and David Gill. Among people deceased in 1914, Julio Argentino Roca ranks 40. Before him are Christian Morgenstern, Theodor Kittelsen, Theodor Lipps, Johann Wilhelm Hittorf, Giuseppe Mercalli, and Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. After him are Angelo Moriondo, Ivan Zajc, John Henry Poynting, Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Stevan Mokranjac, and Charles Martin Hall.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Julio Argentino Roca ranks 104 out of 1,154. Before him are Fernando Redondo (1969), Atahualpa Yupanqui (1908), Bernardino Rivadavia (1780), Ubaldo Fillol (1950), Diego Milito (1979), and Héctor Rial (1928). After him are Javier Mascherano (1984), Manuel Puig (1932), José Manuel Moreno (1916), Alejandra Pizarnik (1936), Alejandro Sabella (1954), and Alberto Manguel (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In Argentina

Among politicians born in Argentina, Julio Argentino Roca ranks 27. Before him are Hipólito Yrigoyen (1852), Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811), Bartolomé Mitre (1821), Carlos Lacoste (1929), Adolfo Rodríguez Saá (1947), and Bernardino Rivadavia (1780). After him are Justo José de Urquiza (1801), Arturo Umberto Illia (1900), José Félix Uriburu (1868), Arturo Frondizi (1908), Juan Carlos Onganía (1914), and Héctor José Cámpora (1909).

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