1910 in Brazil

Events in the year 1910 in Brazil .

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Nilo Peçanha (until 14 November); Marshal Hermes da Fonseca (from 15 November)
• Vice President: vacant (until 14 November); Venceslau Brás (from 15 November)

Governors

• Alagoas: Euclid Vieira Malta
• Amazonas: Antônio Clemente Ribeiro Bittencourt
• Bahia: João Ferreira de Araújo Pinho
• Ceará: Antônio Nogueira Accioli
• Goiás: Urbano Coelho de Gouveia
• Maranhão:
  • till 5 February: Américo Vespúcio dos Reis
  • 5 February - 1 March: Frederico de Sá Filgueiras
  • from 1 March: Luís Antônio Domingues da Silva
• Mato Grosso: Pedro Celestino Corrêa da Costa
• Minas Gerais:
  • till 7 September: Venceslau Brás
  • from 7 September: Júlio Bueno Brandão
• Pará: João Antônio Luís Coelho
• Paraíba: João Lopes Machado
• Paraná: Francisco Xavier da Silva
• Pernambuco: Herculano Bandeira de Melo
• Piauí:
  • till 15 March: Manuel Raimundo da Paz
  • from 15 March: Antonino Freire da Silva
• Rio Grande do Norte: Alberto Maranhão
• Rio Grande do Sul: Carlos Barbosa Gonçalves
• Santa Catarina:
• São Paulo:
• Sergipe:

Vice governors

• Rio Grande do Norte:
• São Paulo:

Events

• 1 March - In the presidential election, Hermes da Fonseca receives 57.1% of the vote. Fonseca is supported by several of the most influential Republican parties, while his main opponent, Rui Barbosa, is supported by the Civilist Campaign. ^[1]
• 7 May - João do Rio is elected to chair # 26 of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. ^[2]
• October - The Conservative Republican Party is founded, in support of new president Hermes da Fonseca.
• 22 November - Revolt of the Lash: The mostly black crews of four Brazilian warships, led by João Cândido, mutiny shortly after a sailor receives 250 lashes. The crews depose their white officers and threaten to bombard Rio de Janeiro. ^[3]

Births

statue of Rachel de Queiroz

• 18 February - Lycia de Biase Bidart, musician (died 1990) ^[4]
• 4 March - Tancredo de Almeida Neves, politician (died 1985)
• 19 June - Pagu, political, literary and artistic activist (died 1962)
• 17 November - Rachel de Queiroz, journalist and novelist (died 2003)
• 11 December - Noel Rosa, singer and songwriter (died 1937)
• 15 December - Rodolfo Arena, actor (died 1980)

Deaths

• 17 January - Joaquim Nabuco, abolitionist statesman and writer (born 1849)

See also

• 1910 in Brazilian football

References

1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, ISBN   978-0-19-928358-3, p230
2. RODRIGUES, João Carlos. "João do Rio: uma biografia". Rio de Janeiro: Topbooks, 1996.
3. Andrews, George Reid (2004). Afro-Latin America, 1800–2000. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN   0-19-515232-8. OCLC   52478388., p 149
4. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. ISBN   9780393034875 . Retrieved 27 January 2011.