1899 in Brazil
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| Year of Constitution: 1891 |
Events in the year 1899 in Brazil.
Incumbents
- President: Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales
- Vice President: Francisco de Assis Rosa e Silva
Events
- 13 May - Esporte Clube Vitória is founded in Salvador, Bahia.[1]
- 14 July - Luis Gálvez Rodríguez de Arias proclaims the First Republic of Acre, breaching the terms of the Treaty of Ayacucho between Brazil and Bolivia.[2]
Literature
Births
- January 1 - Nonô (footballer)
- 3 February - Café Filho, politician (died 1970)
- 16 June - Dante Milano, modernist poet (died 1991)
- 19 June - Antonio dos Reis Carneiro, basketball administrator (date of death unknown)[3]
- October 3 - Artur da Costa e Silva, President 1967-1969
- 23 November - Manuel dos Reis Machado, master practitioner of capoeira (died 1974)
Deaths
- 25 January - Alfredo Maria Adriano d'Escragnolle Taunay, Viscount of Taunay, writer, musician, professor, military engineer, historian and politician (born 1843)
- 13 November - José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior, painter (born 1850; murdered)
References
- ^ Vitória Official Website (in Portuguese)
- ^ "New Republic Founded: The Evolution of a South American No Man's Land," Philadelphia Inquirer, Nov 12, 1899, p 7
- ^ "FIBA Hall of Fame page on Carneiro". Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
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