1900 in Brazil

Last updated January 20, 2025

Incumbents

Federal government

President : Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales
Vice President : Francisco de Assis Rosa e Silva

Governors

Alagoas: Francisco Manuel dos Santos Pacheco (till 12 June); Euclides Vieira Malta (from 12 June)
Amazonas: José Cardoso Ramalho Júnior (till 23 July); Silvério José Néri (from 23 July)^[1]
Bahia: Luís Viana; Rodrigues Lima
Ceará: Antônio Nogueira Accioli (till 12 July); Pedro Augusto Borges (from 12 July)
Goiás: Urbano Coelho de Gouveia
Maranhão: João Gualberto Torreão da Costa
Mato Grosso: Antônio Pedro Alves de Barros
Minas Gerais: Silviano Brandão ^[2]
Pará: Pais de Carvalho
Paraíba: Antônio Alfredo Mello (till 22 October); José Peregrino de Araújo (from 22 October)
Paraná: Santos Andrade; Francisco Xavier da Silva
Pernambuco: Sigismundo Antônio Gonçalves (till 7 April); Antônio Gonçalves Ferreira (from 7 April)
Piauí: Raimundo Artur de Vasconcelos (till 1 July); Arlindo Francisco Nogueira (from 1 July)
Rio Grande do Norte: Joaquim Ferreira Chaves (till 25 March); Alberto Maranhão (from 25 March)
Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros
Santa Catarina:
São Paulo: Fernando Prestes de Albuquerque (till 1 May); Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (from 1 May)
Sergipe:

Vice governors

Events

30 January - Luis Gálvez Rodríguez de Arias is restored to the governorship of Acre.^[3]
15 March - The Brazilian government sends troops to arrest rebel leader Luis Gálvez Rodríguez de Arias and restore the "Republic of Acre" to Bolivia.
7 May - The first line of electric trams in São Paulo starts operating.
3 June - Priest and inventor Landell de Moura publicly demonstrates a radio broadcast of the human voice.^[4]
11 August - The football club Associação Atlética Ponte Preta is founded.
November - An attempt is made to create a Second Acre Republic with Rodrigo de Carvalho as president; it fails.^[5]
1 September - Number of deaths from "Plague" in Rio decreases and the outbreak is limited to the city.^[6]
24 December - The Brazilians are defeated by the Bolivian military, who dissolve the Republic of Acre.

Literature

Joaquim Nabuco – Minha formação (autobiography)^[7]

Music

Heitor Villa-Lobos – Panqueca^[8]

Births

25 February – Madame Satã, drag performer and capoeirista (died 1976)
15 March – Gilberto Freyre, sociologist, anthropologist, historian, writer, painter, journalist and congressman (died 1987)^[9]
11 April – Teóphilo Bettencourt Pereira, footballer (died 1988)
19 April – Iracema de Alencar, actress (died 1978)
4 June – Alfredo Le Pera, journalist, dramatist and lyricist (died 1935)
11 July – Filinto Müller, military-associated politician (died 1973)^[10]
9 October – Ismael Nery, artist (died 1934)^[11]

Deaths

18 May - Karl von Kraatz-Koschlau, German geologist (born 1867; yellow fever)^[12]
date unknown - Soto Grimshaw, Argentine explorer of the Amazon region of Brazil (born 1833)

References

↑ Maria Eugenia Bertarelli (2010), NERY, Silvério José (PDF) (in Portuguese), Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil, retrieved 2016-07-10
↑ "Silviano Francisco de Almeida Brandão". dec.ufcg.edu.br. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
↑ Márcio Souza, Galvez – Imperador do Acre (1976)
↑ Paul Elliman, "Voices falling through the air", Journal of Conservation & Museum Studies. Accessed 22 December 2013
↑ "Acre Seeks Recognition: New South American Republic Sends a Minister to This Country," The New York Times, Nov 24, 1900, p 1
↑ W. Havelburg (26 October 1900). "Plague in Rio de Janeiro from September 1 to 12, 1900". Public Health Reports. 15 (43).
↑ "My Formative Years". Signal Books. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
↑ "About This Recording". Naxos. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
↑ Proceedings, American Philosophical Society (vol. 136, No. 1, 1992). American Philosophical Society. 1992. p. 135. ISBN 9781422370209.
↑ (in Portuguese) Filinto Müller Biography at CPDOC FGV Archived 2013-11-16 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Cultural, Instituto Itaú. "Ismael Nery". Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-05-13.
↑ Museu Paraense de História Natural e Ethnography Archived 2012-06-10 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Maria Eugenia Bertarelli (2010), NERY, Silvério José (PDF) (in Portuguese), Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil, retrieved 2016-07-10

[2] "Silviano Francisco de Almeida Brandão". dec.ufcg.edu.br. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2014.

[3] Márcio Souza, Galvez – Imperador do Acre (1976)

[4] Paul Elliman, "Voices falling through the air", Journal of Conservation & Museum Studies. Accessed 22 December 2013

[5] "Acre Seeks Recognition: New South American Republic Sends a Minister to This Country," The New York Times, Nov 24, 1900, p 1

[6] W. Havelburg (26 October 1900). "Plague in Rio de Janeiro from September 1 to 12, 1900". Public Health Reports. 15 (43).

[7] "My Formative Years". Signal Books. Retrieved 14 November 2024.

[8] "About This Recording". Naxos. Retrieved 14 November 2024.

[9] Proceedings, American Philosophical Society (vol. 136, No. 1, 1992). American Philosophical Society. 1992. p. 135. ISBN 9781422370209.

[10] (in Portuguese) Filinto Müller Biography at CPDOC FGV Archived 2013-11-16 at the Wayback Machine

[11] Cultural, Instituto Itaú. "Ismael Nery". Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-05-13.

[12] Museu Paraense de História Natural e Ethnography Archived 2012-06-10 at the Wayback Machine

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