1896 in Brazil
| 1896 in Brazil |
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| Year of Constitution: 1891 |
Events in the year 1896 in Brazil.
Incumbents[edit]
Federal government[edit]
Governors[edit]
- Alagoas: Jose Vieira Peixoto
- Amazonas: Eduardo Gonçalves Ribeiro (till 23 July); Fileto Pires Ferreira (from 23 July)
- Bahia: Rodrigues Lima then Luís Viana
- Ceará: Antônio Nogueira Accioli (till 12 July); Antônio Nogueira Accioli (from 12 July)
- Goiás: Francisco Leopoldo Rodrigues Jardim
- Maranhão:
- till April 29: Alfredo Martins
- from April 29: Casimiro Vieira Jr
- Mato Grosso: Manuel José Murtinho
- Minas Gerais: Bias Fortes
- Pará: Lauro Sodré
- Paraíba:
- till October 22: Álvaro Lopes Machado
- from October 22: Antônio Alfredo Mello
- Paraná:
- Pernambuco:
- till April 7: Alexandre José Barbosa Lima
- from April 7: Joaquim Correia de Araújo
- Piauí:
- till July 1: Coriolano de Carvalho e Silva
- from July 1: Raimundo Artur de Vasconcelos
- Rio Grande do Norte:
- till March 25: Pedro de Albuquerque Maranhão
- from March 25: Joaquim Ferreira Chaves
- Rio Grande do Sul: Júlio Prates de Castilhos
- Santa Catarina:
- São Paulo:
- Sergipe:
Vice governors[edit]
Events[edit]
- 4 November - The Brazilian government sends 100 men under the command of Lieutenant Manuel da Silva Pires Ferreira to intervene in the Canudos region.[1]
- 21 November - The War of Canudos begins with an attack by the small force led by Pires Ferreira. They are fiercely counter-attacked by a band of 500 armed men; the Brazilian force retreats, after incurring severe losses and killing 150 of the attackers, many of whom are armed only with machetes, primitive lances and axes.[2]
- Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales becomes governor of São Paulo.
Births[edit]
- 16 August - Cyro de Freitas Valle, lawyer (died 1969)
- 19 August - Alda Garrido, actress (died 1970)
- 20 September - Eduardo Gomes, politician and military figure (died 1981)[3]
- 17 December - Gustavo Corção, Roman Catholic writer (died 1978)
Deaths[edit]
- 16 September - Antônio Carlos Gomes, composer (born 1836)[4]
References[edit]
- ^ TOK de HISTÓRIA: War of Canudos. Accessed 21 March 2014
- ^ Cunha, Euclides da. Rebellion in the Backlands. Translated from Portuguese Os Sertões. University of Chicago Press, 1957. ISBN 0-226-12444-4.
- ^ "History of the Brazilian Air Force - Marechal-do-Ar Eduardo Gomes". Archived from the original on 2017-02-21. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
- ^ Rubem Fonseca - O Selvagem da Ópera, Nova Fronteira 1994.
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