1910 in Brazil

Events in the year 1910 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Nilo Peçanha (until 15 November); Marshal Hermes da Fonseca (from 15 November)
• Vice President: Venceslau Brás (from 15 November)

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

• 1 March - In the presidential election, Hermes da Fonseca receives 57.1% of the vote. Fonseca is supported by several of the most influential Republican parties, while his main opponent, Rui Barbosa, is supported by the Civilist Campaign.[1]
• 7 May - João do Rio is elected to chair # 26 of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.[2]
• October - The Conservative Republican Party is founded, in support of new president Hermes da Fonseca.
• 22 November - Revolt of the Lash: The mostly black crews of four Brazilian warships, led by João Cândido Felisberto, mutiny shortly after a sailor receives 250 lashes. The crews depose their white officers and threaten to bombard Rio de Janeiro.[3]

Births

statue of Rachel de Queiroz

• 18 February - Lycia de Biase Bidart, musician (died 1990)[4]
• 4 March - Tancredo de Almeida Neves, politician (died 1985)
• 19 June - Pagu, political, literary and artistic activist (died 1962)
• 17 November - Rachel de Queiroz, journalist and novelist (died 2003)
• 11 December - Noel Rosa, singer and songwriter (died 1937)
• 15 December - Rodolfo Arena, actor (died 1980)

Deaths

• 17 January - Joaquim Nabuco, abolitionist statesman and writer (born 1849)

References

1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3, p230
2. RODRIGUES, João Carlos. "João do Rio: uma biografia". Rio de Janeiro: Topbooks, 1996.
3. Andrews, George Reid (2004). Afro-Latin America, 1800–2000. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515232-8. OCLC 52478388., p 149
4. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). Retrieved 27 January 2011.

See also

• 1910 in Brazilian football