1890 in Brazil

Events in the year 1890 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca (de facto)
• Vice-President: none

Governors

• Alagoas:
• Amazonas:
• Bahia:
• Ceará:
• Goiás:
• Maranhão:
• Mato Grosso:
• Minas Gerais:
• Pará:
• Paraíba:
• Paraná:
• Pernambuco:
• Piauí:
• Rio Grande do Norte:
• Rio Grande do Sul:
• Santa Catarina:
• São Paulo:
• Sergipe:

Vice governors

• Rio Grande do Norte:
• São Paulo:

Events

• 6 January – A state funeral is held for the former Empress Teresa Cristina of Brazil, in Lisbon. A mass is attended by members of several European royal families.[1]
• 25 January – A territorial dispute between Argentina and Brazil over the eastern sector of Misiones ("Questão Palmas") is resolved by the signing of the Treaty of Montevideo by Quintino Bocaiúva, the minister of external affairs.
• 20 March – The battle cruiser Almirante Tamandaré is launched at Rio de Janeiro Dockyards.[2]
• 22 March – The Imperial Order of the Rose is abolished by the interim government.
• October – Jorge Tibiriçá Piratininga becomes governor of the State of São Paulo, succeeding Prudente de Morais.

Births

• 6 June – Leo Vaz, writer, teacher and journalist (d. 1973)
• 8 November – Astrojildo Pereira, Communist politician (d. 1965)
• 29 December – João Ghelfi, painter (d. 1925)

Deaths

• 1 November – Júlio Ribeiro, naturalist novelist, philologist, journalist and grammarian (b. 1845; tuberculosis)[3]
• 27 November – França Júnior, playwright, journalist and painter (b. 1838)

References

1. Roderick J Barman, Citizen Emperor: Pedro II and the Making of Brazil, 1825-1891, p375
2. Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860—1905. New York: Mayflower Books. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
3. Júlio Ribeiro's biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (in Portuguese)