1896 in Brazil
| 1896 in Brazil |
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| Year of Constitution: 1891 |
Events in the year 1896 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
- President: Prudente de Morais
- Vice-President: Manuel Vitorino
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
Events
- 4 November - The Brazilian government sends 100 men under the command of Lieutenant Manuel da Silva Pires Ferreira to intervene in the Canudos region.[1]
- 21 November - The War of Canudos begins with an attack by the small force led by Pires Ferreira. They are fiercely counter-attacked by a band of 500 armed men; the Brazilian force retreats, after incurring severe losses and killing 150 of the attackers, many of whom are armed only with machetes, primitive lances and axes.[2]
- Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales becomes governor of São Paulo.
Births
- 16 August - Cyro de Freitas Valle, lawyer (died 1969)
- 19 August - Alda Garrido, actress (died 1970)
- 20 September - Eduardo Gomes, politician and military figure (died 1981)[3]
- 17 December - Gustavo Corção, Roman Catholic writer (died 1978)
Deaths
- 16 September - Antônio Carlos Gomes, composer (born 1836)[4]
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References
- TOK de HISTÓRIA: War of Canudos. Accessed 21 March 2014
- Cunha, Euclides da. Rebellion in the Backlands. Translated from Portuguese Os Sertões. University of Chicago Press, 1957. ISBN 0-226-12444-4.
- History of the Brazilian Air Force - Marechal-do-Ar Eduardo Gomes
- Rubem Fonseca - O Selvagem da Ópera, Nova Fronteira 1994.
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