1902 in Brazil

Events in the year 1902 in Brazil.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 1 March - Presidential election: Rodrigues Alves of the Republican Party of São Paulo receives 91.7% of the vote.^[1] 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.^[2]

Literature

• Euclides da Cunha - Os Sertões

Births

• April 22 - Elsie Houston, singer
• 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)^[3]

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)^[4]
• 3 September - Eduardo Wandenkolk, naval officer and politician
• 25 September - Francisco Silviano de Almeida Brandão, Vice-President elect^[5]
• 9 November - Manuel Vitorino Pereira, 2nd vice-president of Brazil
• 3 December - Prudente de Morais, politician, President of Brazil 1894-1898 (born 1841)

References

See also

• 1902 in Brazilian football

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