1908 in Brazil

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Events in the year 1908 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

President: Afonso Pena
Vice President: Nilo Peçanha

Governors

Alagoas: Euclid Vieira Malta
Amazonas: Antônio Constantino Néri (till 23 July); Antônio Clemente Ribeiro Bittencourt (from 23 July)
Bahia: José Marcelino de Sousa, then João Ferreira de Araújo Pinho
Ceará: Antônio Nogueira Accioli (till 12 July); Antônio Nogueira Accioli (from 12 July)
Goiás: Miguel da Rocha Lima
Maranhão: Benedito Pereira Leite (till 25 May); Arthur Collares (from 25 May)
Mato Grosso: Generoso Pais Leme de Sousa Ponce, then Pedro Celestino Corrêa da Costa
Minas Gerais: João Pinheiro da Silva (till 25 October); Júlio Bueno Brandão (from 27 October)
Pará: Augusto Montenegro
Paraíba: Valfredo Leal (till 28 October); João Lopes Machado (from 28 October)
Paraná: Joaquim Monteiro de Carvalho e Silva; Manuel de Alencar Guimarães; Francisco Xavier da Silva
Pernambuco: Sigismundo Antônio Gonçalves (till 7 April); Herculano Bandeira de Melo (from 7 April)
Piauí: Areolino Antônio de Abreu (till 31 March); José Lourenço de Morais e Silva (31 March - 1 July); Anísio Auto de Abreu (from 1 July)
Rio Grande do Norte: Antonio José de Melo e Sousa (till 25 March); Alberto Maranhão (from 25 March)
Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros (till 25 January); Carlos Barbosa Gonçalves (from 25 January)
Santa Catarina:
São Paulo:
Sergipe:

Vice governors

Events

23 May - Jerônimo de Sousa Monteiro becomes the 13th president (governor) of the state of Espírito Santo.

June

16 June: The Kasato Maru arrives at the Port of Santos with the first official group of Japanese immigrants to Brazil.^[1]^[2]
2 July - The Argentina national football team begins a tour of Brazil, winning six and drawing one of the seven friendly games played in 13 days.
11 August - 15 November - The Exhibition of the centenary of the opening of the Ports of Brazil was held in Urca, Rio de Janeiro.
10 September - The first Minas Geraes-class Dreadnought battleship for Brazil, Minas Geraes, is launched at Armstrong Whitworth's yard on the River Tyne in England, catalysing the "South American dreadnought race".
30 October - Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará, renounces his claim on the Brazilian throne in order to marry Countess Elisabeth Dobržensky de Dobrženicz.^[3]
15 November - The emergence of Umbanda through Zélio Fernandino de Moraes.^[4]

Births

3 February - Dulcina de Moraes, stage actress and director (died 1996)
12 February - Olga Benário Prestes, German-Brazilian communist militant (in Munich;^[5] died 1942)
8 June - Inah Canabarro Lucas, supercentenarian and nun (died 2025)
27 June - João Guimarães Rosa, novelist (died 1967)
5 September - Josué de Castro, activist (died 1973)
14 September - Maria Luisa Monteiro da Cunha, librarian (died 1980)
25 October - Blessed Adílio Daronch, student (died 1924)
28 November - Vitorino de Brito Freire, politician (died 1977)^[6]
13 December - Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, Catholic intellectual and politician (died 1995)

Deaths

29 September - Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, novelist, poet, playwright, short story writer, and monarchist (born 1839)^[7]
22 October - Artur Azevedo, dramatist, short story writer, chronicler, journalist and poet of the Parnassian school (born 1855)^[8]

References

^ "Columns "The Ship Kasato-maru"". www.ndl.go.jp. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
^ Baily, Samuel L.; Míguez, Eduardo José (2016-12-09). Mass Migration to Modern Latin America. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780842028318.
^ <BARMAN, Roderick J., Princesa Isabel do Brasil: gênero e poder no século XIX, UNESP, 2005
^ "5 curiosidades sobre a religião Umbanda".
^ Morais, Fernando (December 2004). Olga. ISBN 9780802141897.
^ Buzar, Benedito (December 11, 2008). "100 anos de Vitorino Freire" (PDF). Diário da Assembleia (in Portuguese). Assembleia Legislativa do Estado do Maranhão. pp. 33–36. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
^ Scarano, Júlia Maria Leonor. Grandes Personagens da Nossa História. São Paulo: Abril Cultural, 1969. (Portuguese)
^ Biography of Artur Azevedo (in Portuguese)

Incumbents

Federal government

President: Afonso Pena
Vice President: Nilo Peçanha

Governors

Alagoas: Euclid Vieira Malta
Amazonas: Antônio Constantino Néri (till 23 July); Antônio Clemente Ribeiro Bittencourt (from 23 July)
Bahia: José Marcelino de Sousa, then João Ferreira de Araújo Pinho
Ceará: Antônio Nogueira Accioli (till 12 July); Antônio Nogueira Accioli (from 12 July)
Goiás: Miguel da Rocha Lima
Maranhão: Benedito Pereira Leite (till 25 May); Arthur Collares (from 25 May)
Mato Grosso: Generoso Pais Leme de Sousa Ponce, then Pedro Celestino Corrêa da Costa
Minas Gerais: João Pinheiro da Silva (till 25 October); Júlio Bueno Brandão (from 27 October)
Pará: Augusto Montenegro
Paraíba: Valfredo Leal (till 28 October); João Lopes Machado (from 28 October)
Paraná: Joaquim Monteiro de Carvalho e Silva; Manuel de Alencar Guimarães; Francisco Xavier da Silva
Pernambuco: Sigismundo Antônio Gonçalves (till 7 April); Herculano Bandeira de Melo (from 7 April)
Piauí: Areolino Antônio de Abreu (till 31 March); José Lourenço de Morais e Silva (31 March - 1 July); Anísio Auto de Abreu (from 1 July)
Rio Grande do Norte: Antonio José de Melo e Sousa (till 25 March); Alberto Maranhão (from 25 March)
Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros (till 25 January); Carlos Barbosa Gonçalves (from 25 January)
Santa Catarina:
São Paulo:
Sergipe:

Vice governors

Rio Grande do Norte:
São Paulo:

Events

23 May - Jerônimo de Sousa Monteiro becomes the 13th president (governor) of the state of Espírito Santo.

June

16 June: The Kasato Maru arrives at the Port of Santos with the first official group of Japanese immigrants to Brazil.^[1]^[2]
2 July - The Argentina national football team begins a tour of Brazil, winning six and drawing one of the seven friendly games played in 13 days.
11 August - 15 November - The Exhibition of the centenary of the opening of the Ports of Brazil was held in Urca, Rio de Janeiro.
10 September - The first Minas Geraes-class Dreadnought battleship for Brazil, Minas Geraes, is launched at Armstrong Whitworth's yard on the River Tyne in England, catalysing the "South American dreadnought race".
30 October - Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará, renounces his claim on the Brazilian throne in order to marry Countess Elisabeth Dobržensky de Dobrženicz.^[3]
15 November - The emergence of Umbanda through Zélio Fernandino de Moraes.^[4]

Births

3 February - Dulcina de Moraes, stage actress and director (died 1996)
12 February - Olga Benário Prestes, German-Brazilian communist militant (in Munich;^[5] died 1942)
8 June - Inah Canabarro Lucas, supercentenarian and nun (died 2025)
27 June - João Guimarães Rosa, novelist (died 1967)
5 September - Josué de Castro, activist (died 1973)
14 September - Maria Luisa Monteiro da Cunha, librarian (died 1980)
25 October - Blessed Adílio Daronch, student (died 1924)
28 November - Vitorino de Brito Freire, politician (died 1977)^[6]
13 December - Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, Catholic intellectual and politician (died 1995)

Deaths

29 September - Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, novelist, poet, playwright, short story writer, and monarchist (born 1839)^[7]
22 October - Artur Azevedo, dramatist, short story writer, chronicler, journalist and poet of the Parnassian school (born 1855)^[8]

References

^ "Columns "The Ship Kasato-maru"". www.ndl.go.jp. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
^ Baily, Samuel L.; Míguez, Eduardo José (2016-12-09). Mass Migration to Modern Latin America. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780842028318.
^ <BARMAN, Roderick J., Princesa Isabel do Brasil: gênero e poder no século XIX, UNESP, 2005
^ "5 curiosidades sobre a religião Umbanda".
^ Morais, Fernando (December 2004). Olga. ISBN 9780802141897.
^ Buzar, Benedito (December 11, 2008). "100 anos de Vitorino Freire" (PDF). Diário da Assembleia (in Portuguese). Assembleia Legislativa do Estado do Maranhão. pp. 33–36. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
^ Scarano, Júlia Maria Leonor. Grandes Personagens da Nossa História. São Paulo: Abril Cultural, 1969. (Portuguese)
^ Biography of Artur Azevedo (in Portuguese)

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v t e 1908 in South America
Sovereign states	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela
Dependencies and other territories	Falkland Islands French Guiana South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

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21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

v t e 1908 in South America
Sovereign states	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela
Dependencies and other territories	Falkland Islands French Guiana South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

1908 in Brazil

Incumbents

Federal government

Governors

Vice governors

Events

June

Births

Deaths

References

See also

Incumbents

Federal government

Governors

Vice governors

Events

June

Births

Deaths

References

See also

1908 in Brazil
Years 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910
Flag
21 stars (1889–1960)
Timeline of Brazilian history
First Brazilian Republic
Year of Constitution: 1891

1908 in Brazil
Years 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910
Flag
21 stars (1889–1960)
Timeline of Brazilian history
First Brazilian Republic
Year of Constitution: 1891