1896 in Brazil explained

Events in the year 1896 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President

Prudente de Morais

• Vice-President

Manuel Vitorino

Governors

• Alagoas: Jose Vieira Peixoto
• Amazonas: Eduardo Gonçalves Ribeiro (till 23 July); Fileto Pires Ferreira (from 23 July)
• Bahia: Rodrigues Lima then Luís Viana
• Ceará: Antônio Nogueira Accioli (till 12 July); Antônio Nogueira Accioli (from 12 July)
• Goiás: Francisco Leopoldo Rodrigues Jardim
• Maranhão:
  • till April 29: Alfredo Martins
  • from April 29: Casimiro Vieira Jr
• Mato Grosso: Manuel José Murtinho
• Minas Gerais: Bias Fortes
• Pará: Lauro Sodré
• Paraíba:
  • till October 22: Álvaro Lopes Machado
  • from October 22: Antônio Alfredo Mello
• Paraná:
  • Francisco Xavier da Silva
  • Santos Andrade
• Pernambuco:
  • till April 7: Alexandre José Barbosa Lima
  • from April 7: Joaquim Correia de Araújo
• Piauí:
  • till July 1: Coriolano de Carvalho e Silva
  • from July 1: Raimundo Artur de Vasconcelos
• Rio Grande do Norte:
  • till March 25: Pedro de Albuquerque Maranhão
  • from March 25: Joaquim Ferreira Chaves
• Rio Grande do Sul: Júlio Prates de Castilhos
• Santa Catarina:
• São Paulo:
• Sergipe:

Vice governors

• Rio de Janeiro:
• Rio Grande do Norte:
• São Paulo:

Events

• 4 November - The Brazilian government sends 100 men under the command of Lieutenant Manuel da Silva Pires Ferreira to intervene in the Canudos region.^[1]
• 21 November - The War of Canudos begins with an attack by the small force led by Pires Ferreira. They are fiercely counter-attacked by a band of 500 armed men; the Brazilian force retreats, after incurring severe losses and killing 150 of the attackers, many of whom are armed only with machetes, primitive lances and axes.^[2]
• Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales becomes governor of São Paulo.

Births

• 16 August - Cyro de Freitas Valle, lawyer (died 1969)
• 19 August - Alda Garrido, actress (died 1970)
• 20 September - Eduardo Gomes, politician and military figure (died 1981)^[3]
• 17 December - Gustavo Corção, Roman Catholic writer (died 1978)

Deaths

• 16 September - Antônio Carlos Gomes, composer (born 1836)^[4]

Notes and References

1. https://tokdehistoria.wordpress.com/tag/war-of-canudos/ TOK de HISTÓRIA: War of Canudos
2. Cunha, Euclides da. Rebellion in the Backlands. Translated from Portuguese Os Sertões. University of Chicago Press, 1957. .
3. Web site: History of the Brazilian Air Force - Marechal-do-Ar Eduardo Gomes . 2013-12-07 . 2017-02-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170221111709/http://www.rudnei.cunha.nom.br/FAB/en/patrono.html . dead .
4. Rubem Fonseca - O Selvagem da Ópera, Nova Fronteira 1994.