1898 in Brazil

Events in the year 1898 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Prudente de Morais (until 14 November), Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (starting 14 November)
• Vice-President: Manuel Vitorino, (until 14 November), Francisco de Assis Rosa e Silva (starting 14 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, Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales of the Republican Party of São Paulo, is successful, with 90.9% of the vote, replacing incumbent president Prudente de Morais who, because of ill-health, had already delegated most of his presidential duties to Vice President Manuel Vitorino.

Births

• 14 February - Angela Bambace, labor union organizer (died 1975)
• 6 March - Eugênia Álvaro Moreyra, journalist, actress and theater director (died 1948)
• 4 October - João Fahrion, painter, engraver, draughtsman and illustrator (died 1970)
• 28 November - Tyrteu Rocha Vianna, avant-garde poet (died 1963)
• 30 December - Luís da Câmara Cascudo, anthropologist, folklorist, journalist, historian, lawyer, and lexicographer (died 1986)

Deaths

• 27 March - Princess Francisca of Brazil, the Princess of Joinville, daughter of Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil (born 1824)
• 9 April - André Rebouças, military engineer, abolitionist and inventor (born 1838)