1917 in Brazil explained

Events in the year 1917 in Brazil.

Incumbents

- Alagoas: João Batista Accioli Jr. Amazonas: Pedro de Alcântara Bacelar
Bahia: Antônio Ferrão Muniz de Aragão
Ceará: João Tomé de Sabóia e Silva
Goiás:
- until 9 May: Aprígio José de Sousa
- 9 May - 14 July: Salatiel Simões de Lima
- from 14 July: João Alves de Castro
Maranhão:
- until 20 March: Herculano Nina Parga
- from 20 March Antônio Brício de Araújo
Mato Grosso: Caetano Manuel de Faria e Albuquerque, then Camilo Soares de Moura, then Cipriano da Costa Ferreira
Minas Gerais: Delfim Moreira
Pará:
- until 1 February: Enéas Martins
- from 1 February: Lauro Sodré
Paraíba: Francisco Camilo de Holanda
Paraná: Afonso Camargo
Pernambuco: Manuel Antônio Pereira Borba
Piauí: Eurípedes Clementino de Aguiar
Rio Grande do Norte: Joaquim Ferreira Chaves
Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros
Santa Catarina:
São Paulo:
Sergipe:

5 April - The steamship Paraná, loaded with coffee and travelling in accordance with the demands made on neutral countries, is torpedoed by a German submarine; three Brazilians are killed.
11 April - Brazil breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany.
7 May - Foreign Minister Lauro Müller is obliged to resign because of his German origins.
20 May - The ship Tijuca is torpedoed near the French coast by a German submarine.
27 July - The steamer Lapa Brazil is hit by three torpedoes from a German submarine.
23 October - The Brazilian freighter Macau, one of the vessels seized in the course of the war, was torpedoed by the German submarine SM U-93 near the coast of Spain, and the captain taken prisoner.
26 October - World War I: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.^[1]
1 November - A mob damages German property in Petropolis, including the restaurant Brahma (completely destroyed), the Gesellschaft Germania, the German school, the company Arp, and the German Journal.
4 November - Acari Guaíba and another ship are torpedoed by the same German submarine, SM U-151.

9 January - Otto Glória, football coach (died 1986)
25 January - Jânio Quadros, 22nd President of Brazil (died 1992)^[2]
21 February - Luz del Fuego, ballerina, naturist and feminist (as Dora Vivacqua; died 1967)^[3]
17 April - Roberto de Oliveira Campos, economist, writer and politician (died 2001)^[4]
5 May - Dalva de Oliveira, singer (died 1972)
31 May - Zilka Salaberry, actress (died 2005)^[5]
2 September - Laurindo Almeida, guitarist and composer (died 1995)
30 September - Chacrinha, comedian, radio and TV personality (died 1988)

11 February - Oswaldo Cruz, physician, pioneer bacteriologist, epidemiologist and public health officer (born 1872)
22 October - Manuel Lopes Rodrigues, artist (born 1860)

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Web site: Luz del Fuego . . Grupo Estado . 22 June 2014 . pt . 22 June 2014 . https://archive.today/20140622041924/http://acervo.estadao.com.br/noticias/personalidades,luz-del-fuego,999,0.htm . live .
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