| 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
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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
- Rio Grande do Norte: No vice governor
- São Paulo: No vice governor
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 Bocaiúva 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)[ citation needed]
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Calmon, Pedro (1975). História de D. Pedro II (in Portuguese). Vol. 1–5. Rio de Janeiro: José Olímpio. p. 352.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Calmon, Pedro (1975). História de D. Pedro II (in Portuguese). Vol. 1–5. Rio de Janeiro: José Olímpio.
- ^ Lira, Heitor (1977). História de Dom Pedro II (1825–1891): Declínio (1880–1891) (in Portuguese). Vol. 3. Belo Horizonte: Itatiaia.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Barbara A. Tenenbaum (1996). Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture. Scribner. p. 500. ISBN 978-0-684-19253-6.
- ^ Teófilo Dias' biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (in Portuguese)
- ^ Tobias Barreto's biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (in Portuguese)
- ^ 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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