1902 in Brazil

Events in the year 1902 in Brazil .

Incumbents

Federal government

• President :
  • Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (to 14 November)
  • Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (from 15 November)
• Vice President :
  • Francisco de Assis Rosa e Silva (to 14 November)
  • Afonso Pena (from 15 November)

Governors

• Alagoas: Euclides Vieira Malta
• Amazonas: Silvério José Néri ^[1]
• Bahia: Severino Vieira
• Ceará: Antônio Nogueira Accioli
• Goiás: José Xavier de Almeida
• Maranhão:
  • until 1 March: João Gualberto Torreão da Costa
  • from 1 March: Manuel Lopes da Cunha
• Mato Grosso: Antônio Pedro Alves de Barros
• Minas Gerais:
  • until 21 February: Silviano Brandão
  • 21 February - 7 September: Joaquim Cândido da Costa Sena
  • from 7 September: Francisco Salles
• Pará: Augusto Montenegro
• Paraíba: José Peregrino de Araújo
• Paraná: Francisco Xavier da Silva
• Pernambuco: Antônio Gonçalves Ferreira
• Piauí: Arlindo Francisco Nogueira
• Rio Grande do Norte: Alberto Maranhão
• Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros
• Santa Catarina: Felipe Schmidt (until 28 September); Lauro Müller
• São Paulo:
• Sergipe:

Vice governors

• Rio Grande do Norte:
• São Paulo:

Events

• 1 March - Presidential election: Rodrigues Alves of the Republican Party of São Paulo receives 91.7% of the vote. ^[2] Francisco Silviano de Almeida Brandão is elected vice-president but dies suddenly before the start of his term of office.
• 26 October - The first season of competitive football in Brazil concludes with a victory for São Paulo Athletic Club.
• 3 December - José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco, is appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs. His ten-year tenure would be the longest in the country's history. ^[3]

Literature

• Euclides da Cunha - Os Sertões

Births

• 22 April - Elsie Houston, singer (died 1943)
• 12 September - Juscelino Kubitschek, politician (died 1976)
• 31 October - Carlos Drummond de Andrade, poet (died 1987)
• 18 December - Moacyr Siqueira de Queiroz ("Russinho"), footballer (died 1992) ^[4]

Deaths

• 15 March - Custódio José de Melo, monarchist admiral and politician, foreign minister 1892
• 12 May - Augusto Severo de Albuquerque Maranhão, politician and journalist
• 6 July - Leopoldo Miguez, composer (born 1850) ^[5]
• 3 September - Eduardo Wandenkolk, naval officer and politician
• 25 September - Silviano Brandão, Vice-President elect ^[6]
• 9 November - Manuel Vitorino Pereira, 2nd vice-president of Brazil
• 3 December - Prudente de Morais, politician, President of Brazil 1894-1898 (born 1841)

References

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. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN   978-0-19-928358-3, p229
3. FUNAG - International Seminar Baron of Rio Branco - 100 years of memory, September 2012 Archived 2014-03-24 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed 24 March 2014
4. "Idolos: R - S" (in Portuguese). Net Vasco. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
5. Brazilian Music archive
6. Portal de Governo de Minas Gerais (Portuguese) Archived 2014-01-09 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed 9 January 2014

See also

• 1902 in Brazilian football