Events in the year 1910 in Brazil.
Incumbents edit
Federal government edit
- President: Nilo Peçanha (until 14 November); Marshal Hermes da Fonseca (from 15 November)
- Vice President: vacant (until 14 November); Venceslau Brás (from 15 November)
Governors edit
- Alagoas: Euclid Vieira Malta
- Amazonas: Antônio Clemente Ribeiro Bittencourt
- Bahia: João Ferreira de Araújo Pinho
- Ceará: Antônio Nogueira Accioli
- Goiás: Urbano Coelho de Gouveia
- Maranhão:
- till 5 February: Américo Vespúcio dos Reis
- 5 February - 1 March: Frederico de Sá Filgueiras
- from 1 March: Luís Antônio Domingues da Silva
- Mato Grosso: Pedro Celestino Corrêa da Costa
- Minas Gerais:
- till 7 September: Venceslau Brás
- from 7 September: Júlio Bueno Brandão
- Pará: João Antônio Luís Coelho
- Paraíba: João Lopes Machado
- Paraná: Francisco Xavier da Silva
- Pernambuco: Herculano Bandeira de Melo
- Piauí:
- till 15 March: Manuel Raimundo da Paz
- from 15 March: Antonino Freire da Silva
- Rio Grande do Norte: Alberto Maranhão
- Rio Grande do Sul: Carlos Barbosa Gonçalves
- Santa Catarina:
- São Paulo:
- Sergipe:
Vice governors edit
Events edit
- 1 March - In the presidential election, Hermes da Fonseca receives 57.1% of the vote. Fonseca is supported by several of the most influential Republican parties, while his main opponent, Rui Barbosa, is supported by the Civilist Campaign.[1]
- 7 May - João do Rio is elected to chair # 26 of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.[2]
- October - The Conservative Republican Party is founded, in support of new president Hermes da Fonseca.
- 22 November - Revolt of the Lash: The mostly black crews of four Brazilian warships, led by João Cândido Felisberto, mutiny shortly after a sailor receives 250 lashes. The crews depose their white officers and threaten to bombard Rio de Janeiro.[3]
Births edit
- 18 February - Lycia de Biase Bidart, musician (died 1990)[4]
- 4 March - Tancredo de Almeida Neves, politician (died 1985)
- 19 June - Pagu, political, literary and artistic activist (died 1962)
- 17 November - Rachel de Queiroz, journalist and novelist (died 2003)
- 11 December - Noel Rosa, singer and songwriter (died 1937)
- 15 December - Rodolfo Arena, actor (died 1980)
Deaths edit
- 17 January - Joaquim Nabuco, abolitionist statesman and writer (born 1849)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3, p230
- ^ RODRIGUES, João Carlos. "João do Rio: uma biografia". Rio de Janeiro: Topbooks, 1996.
- ^ Andrews, George Reid (2004). Afro-Latin America, 1800–2000. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515232-8. OCLC 52478388., p 149
- ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
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