1899 in Brazil

Events in the year 1899 in Brazil.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 13 May - Esporte Clube Vitória is founded in Salvador, Bahia.^[1]
• 14 July - Luis Gálvez Rodríguez de Arias proclaims the First Republic of Acre, breaching the terms of the Treaty of Ayacucho between Brazil and Bolivia.^[2]

Literature

• Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis - Dom Casmurro

Births

• January 1 - Nonô (footballer)
• 3 February - Café Filho, politician (died 1970)
• 16 June - Dante Milano, modernist poet (died 1991)
• 19 June - Antonio dos Reis Carneiro, basketball administrator (date of death unknown)^[3]
• October 3 - Artur da Costa e Silva, President 1967-1969
• 23 November - Manuel dos Reis Machado, master practitioner of capoeira (died 1974)

Deaths

• 25 January - Alfredo Maria Adriano d'Escragnolle Taunay, Viscount of Taunay, writer, musician, professor, military engineer, historian and politician (born 1843)
• 13 November - José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior, painter (born 1850; murdered)

References