1883 in Brazil

Events in the year 1883 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Events

  • January 21 - Elias Augusto da Silva launches the Reformador, a revision of the Federação Espírita Brasileira.
  • July 24 - Campos dos Goytacazes, in the province of Rio de Janeiro, is the first city in Brazil to have street lights.
  • September 30 - Mossoró, in the province of Rio Grande do Norte, is the first city in Brazil to abolish slavery.[1]

Births

  • May 18 - Eurico Gaspar Dutra, minister of war 1936-1945, president 1946-1951
  • June 20 - Oliveira Viana, historian and jurist
  • October 22 - Abílio Barreto, poet
  • November 27 - Belfort Duarte, footballer[2]

Deaths

  • April 11 - Arsênio da Silva, painter and photographer
  • May 1 - Qorpo-Santo (real name José Joaquim de Campos Leão), journalist and playwright
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References

  1. Mossoró se destaca como cidade pioneira (página 8) Jornal do Senado. Rio de Janeiro (14 de maio de 1888). Página acessada em 30 de setembro de 2012.
  2. Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 1. Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A. 2001. p. 35. ISBN 85-88651-01-7.
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