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: Pedro II (until 15 November)
  • President: Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca (de facto, from 15 November)
  • Vice-President: none
  • 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)

Governors

  • Alagoas: Government Junta (18 November-21), Tiburcio Valerio de Araujo (21 November-2 December), Pedro Paulino da Fonseca (starting 2 December)
  • Amazonas: Government Junta (starting 21 November)
  • Bahia: Virginio Climaco Damasio then Manuel Vitorino Pereira
  • Ceará: Luis Antonio Ferraz (starting 16 November)
  • Goiás: Government Junta (starting 7 December)
  • Maranhão:
  • Mato Grosso: Antonio Maria Coelho
  • Minas Gerais: Antonio Olinto dos Santos Pires
  • Pará: Justo Chermont (starting 17 December)
  • Paraíba: Venancio Neiva (starting 17 November)
  • Paraná: Francisco José Cardoso Júnior then José Marques Guimarães
  • Pernambuco: José Cerqueira de Aguiar Lima (16 November-12 December), José Simeão de Oliveira (starting 12 December)
  • Piauí: Gregório Taumaturgo de Azevedo (starting 26 December)
  • Rio Grande do Norte: Pedro de Albuquerque Maranhão (17 November-6 December), Adolfo Afonso da Silva Gordo (starting 6 December)
  • Rio Grande do Sul: Government Junta (starting 17 November)
  • Santa Catarina: Lauro Müller (starting 2 December)
  • São Paulo: Government Junta (starting 14 December)
  • Sergipe: Junta Governativa Sergipana (starting 14 November), Felisbelo Firmo de Oliveira Freire (starting 2 December)

Vice governors

Events

May

  • 3 May – The Cabinet of João Alfredo Correia de Oliveira loses a vote of no confidence.

June

  • 7 June – Afonso Celso de Assis Figuereido, Viscount of Ouro Preto, is appointed to replace Correia de Oliveira as prime minister.[1]

July

  • 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]

November

  • 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 Bocaiuva 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.
  • 20 November – Argentina becomes the first nation to recognize the new government of Deodoro da Fonseca.

December

  • 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

  • 2 December – Anita Malfatti, artist (d. 1964)[8]
  • unknown date – José Maria de Santo Agostinho, mystic (d. 1912)

Deaths

  • 29 March – Teófilo Dias, poet, journalist and lawyer (b. 1854)[9]
  • 26 June – Tobias Barreto, poet, philosopher, jurist and critic (b. 1839)[10]
  • 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)[11]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  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.
  3. ^ Calmon, Pedro (1975). História de D. Pedro II (in Portuguese). Vol. 1–5. Rio de Janeiro: José Olímpio. p. 352.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Calmon, Pedro (1975). História de D. Pedro II (in Portuguese). Vol. 1–5. Rio de Janeiro: José Olímpio.
  6. ^ Lira, Heitor (1977). História de Dom Pedro II (1825–1891): Declínio (1880–1891) (in Portuguese). Vol. 3. Belo Horizonte: Itatiaia.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Barbara A. Tenenbaum (1996). Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture. Scribner. p. 500. ISBN 978-0-684-19253-6.
  9. ^ Teófilo Dias' biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (in Portuguese)
  10. ^ Tobias Barreto's biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (in Portuguese)
  11. ^ 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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