1898 in Brazil
Events in the year 1898 in Brazil.
Incumbents
- President: Prudente de Morais (until 14 November)
- Vice-President: Manuel Vitorino
Events
- 1 March - In the presidential election, Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales of the Republican Party of São Paulo, is successful, with 90.9% of the vote,[1] replacing incumbent president Prudente de Morais who, because of ill-health, had already delegated most of his presidential duties to Vice President Manuel Vitorino.
Births
- 14 February - Angela Bambace, labor union organizer (died 1975)
- 6 March - Eugênia Álvaro Moreyra, journalist, actress and theater director (died 1948)
- 4 October - João Fahrion, painter, engraver, draughtsman and illustrator (died 1970)
- 28 November - Tyrteu Rocha Vianna, avant-garde poet (died 1963)[2]
- 30 December - Luís da Câmara Cascudo, anthropologist, folklorist, journalist, historian, lawyer, and lexicographer (died 1986)
Deaths
- 27 March - Princess Francisca of Brazil, Her Royal Highness The Princess of Joinville., daughter of Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil (born 1824)[3]
- 9 April - André Rebouças, military engineer, abolitionist and inventor (born 1838)[4]
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ↑ Tyrteu Rocha Vianna poems in Spanish. RIMA&VIA Poesia Nova. Canoas. Rio Grande do Sul. 11/25/2010.
- ↑ Barman, Roderick J. (1999). Citizen Emperor: Pedro II and the Making of Brazil, 1825–1891. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-3510-0.
- ↑ Joseph A. Page (1995), The Brazilians. Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-201-44191-8.
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