1889 in Brazil explained
Events in the year 1889 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal Government
Pedro II (until 15 November)
Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca (de facto, from 15 November)
none
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
- Rio Grande do Norte: No vice governor
- São Paulo: No vice governor
Events
May
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
December
- 24 December - The former royal family receive official notice that they will never be allowed to return to Brazil.
Arts and culture
Books
Births
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]
Notes and References
- Book: Carvalho . José Murilo de . 2007 . Portuguese . D. Pedro II: ser ou não ser . Companhia das Letras . São Paulo . 978-85-359-0969-2 . 205 .
- Book: Barman . Roderick J. . 1999 . Citizen Emperor: Pedro II and the Making of Brazil, 1825–1891 . Stanford University Press . Stanford . 978-0-8047-3510-0 .
- Book: Calmon . Pedro . 1975 . Portuguese . História de D. Pedro II . 1–5 . José Olímpio . Rio de Janeiro . 352 .
- Book: Barman . Roderick J. . 1999 . Citizen Emperor: Pedro II and the Making of Brazil, 1825–1891 . Stanford University Press . Stanford . 978-0-8047-3510-0 .
- Book: Calmon . Pedro . 1975 . Portuguese . História de D. Pedro II . 1–5 . José Olímpio . Rio de Janeiro .
- Book: Lira . Heitor . 1977 . Portuguese . História de Dom Pedro II (1825–1891): Declínio (1880–1891) . 3 . Itatiaia . Belo Horizonte .
- Book: Carvalho . José Murilo de . 2007 . Portuguese . D. Pedro II: ser ou não ser . Companhia das Letras . São Paulo . 978-85-359-0969-2 . 220 .
- Book: Barbara A. Tenenbaum. Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture. 1996. Scribner. 978-0-684-19253-6. 500.
- http://www.academia.org.br/abl/cgi/cgilua.exe/sys/start.htm?sid=326 Teófilo Dias' biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
- http://www.academia.org.br/abl/cgi/cgilua.exe/sys/start.htm?sid=339 Tobias Barreto's biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
- Book: Barman . Roderick J. . 1999 . Citizen Emperor: Pedro II and the Making of Brazil, 1825–1891 . Stanford University Press . Stanford . 978-0-8047-3510-0 . 371 .