1889 in Brazil
| 1889 in Brazil |
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| Year of Constitution: 1824 |
Events in the year 1889 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal Government
- Monarch – Emperor Pedro II (until 15 November)
- Prime Minister – João Alfredo Correia de Oliveira (until 7 June); Afonso Celso, Viscount of Ouro Preto (from 7 June to 15 November), none (from 15 November)
- President – Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca (de facto, from 15 November)
- 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
Events
- 3 May – The Cabinet of João Alfredo Correia de Oliveira loses a vote of no confidence.
- 7 June – Afonso Celso de Assis Figuereido, Viscount of Ouro Preto, is appointed to replace Correia de Oliveira as prime minister.[1]
- July – Emperor Dom Pedro II travels to Minas Gerais, demonstrating both that he is still actively engaged in government and the depth of support for the monarchy in the province.[2][3]
- 11 November – Republicans meet at the home of Rui Barbosa to plan a coup. The chief organizers are Benjamin Constant, Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca, Quintino Bocaiúva and Aristides Lobo.
- 15 November – A coup d'état institutes the First Brazilian Republic.[4][5][6]
- 17 November – Emperor Dom Pedro II and his family are sent into exile in Europe.[7]
- 19 November – A new national flag, devised by Raimundo Teixeira Mendes, is adopted by the republic.
- 24 December – The former royal family receive official notice that they will never be allowed to return to Brazil.
Arts and culture
Books
- Osório Duque-Estrada - A Aristocracia do Espírito
Births
- José Maria de Santo Agostinho, mystic
- 2 December – Anita Malfatti, artist (d. 1964)
Deaths
- 29 March – Teófilo Dias, poet, journalist and lawyer (b. 1854)[8]
- 26 June – Tobias Barreto, poet, philosopher, jurist and critic (b. 1839)[9]
- 28 June – Francisco Otaviano, poet, lawyer, diplomat, journalist and politician (b. 1825)
- 21 October – Irineu Evangelista de Sousa, Viscount of Mauá, entrepreneur, industrialist, banker and politician (b. 1813)
- 28 December – Empress Teresa Cristina, wife of Emperor Dom Pedro II (b. 1822)[10]
References
- ^ Carvalho, José Murilo de (2007). D. Pedro II: ser ou não ser (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Companhia das Letras. p. 205. ISBN 978-85-359-0969-2.
- ^ Barman, Roderick J. (1999). Citizen Emperor: Pedro II and the Making of Brazil, 1825–1891. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-3510-0.
- ^ Calmon, Pedro (1975). História de D. Pedro II (in Portuguese). Vol. 1–5. Rio de Janeiro: José Olímpio. p. 352.
- ^ Barman, Roderick J. (1999). Citizen Emperor: Pedro II and the Making of Brazil, 1825–1891. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-3510-0.
- ^ Calmon, Pedro (1975). História de D. Pedro II (in Portuguese). Vol. 1–5. Rio de Janeiro: José Olímpio.
- ^ Lira, Heitor (1977). História de Dom Pedro II (1825–1891): Declínio (1880–1891) (in Portuguese). Vol. 3. Belo Horizonte: Itatiaia.
- ^ Carvalho, José Murilo de (2007). D. Pedro II: ser ou não ser (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Companhia das Letras. p. 220. ISBN 978-85-359-0969-2.
- ^ Teófilo Dias' biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (in Portuguese)
- ^ Tobias Barreto's biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (in Portuguese)
- ^ Barman, Roderick J. (1999). Citizen Emperor: Pedro II and the Making of Brazil, 1825–1891. Stanford: Stanford University Press. p. 371. ISBN 978-0-8047-3510-0.
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