1894 in Brazil

Events from the year 1894 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

President:
- Marshal Floriano Peixoto (until 14 November)
- Prudente de Morais (starting 15 November)
Vice-President:
- Vacant (until 14 November)
- Manuel Vitorino (starting 15 November)

Governors

Alagoas:
- until 16 June: Gabino Besuoro
- 16 June-17 July: Provisional Government
- 17 July-17 October: Tiburcio Valeriano da Rocha Lima
- starting 17 October: Manuel Gomes Ribeiro
Amazonas: Eduardo Gonçalves Ribeiro
Bahia: Rodrigues Lima
Ceará: Antônio Nogueira Accioli
Goiás: José Inácio Xavier de Brito
Maranhão: Casimiro Vieira Jr
Mato Grosso:
- until 7 September: Afonso Pena
- from 7 September: Bias Fortes
Minas Gerais:
Pará: Lauro Sodré
Paraíba: Álvaro Lopes Machado
Paraná: Vicente Machado da Silva Lima, then Teófilo Soares Gomes, then João Meneses Dória, then Francisco José Cardoso Júnior, then Tertuliano Teixeira de Freitas, then Antônio José Ferreira Braga, then Vicente Machado da Silva Lima, then Francisco Xavier da Silva
Pernambuco: Alexandre José Barbosa Lima
Piauí: Coriolano de Carvalho e Silva
Rio Grande do Norte: Pedro de Albuquerque Maranhão
Rio Grande do Sul:
- until 25 January: Fernando Fernandes Abbott
- from 25 January: Júlio Prates de Castilhos
Santa Catarina: Hercilio Luz
São Paulo: Bernardino Jose de Campos Junior
Sergipe:

Vice governors

Rio de Janeiro: Manuel Torres (until 31 December)
Rio Grande do Norte: Silvino Bezerra
São Paulo: José Alves de Cerqueira César

Events

January - Rio de Janeiro Affair: a series of incidents during the Brazilian Naval Revolt.
March 1 - Brazilian presidential election, 1894^[1]
June 27 - Federalist Revolution: Battle of Passo Fundo in the state of Rio Grande do Sul
November 15 - Inauguration of Prudente de Morais as president.^[2]

Births

January 4 - Manuel de Abreu, physician, scientist and inventor (died 1962)
February 15 - Osvaldo Aranha, politician and diplomat (died 1960)^[3]
November 5 - Djalma Guimarães, geochemist (died 1973)

Deaths

February 9 - Gomes Carneiro, army officer (born 1846)
November 24 - Pardal Mallet, novelist and journalist (born 1864; tuberculosis)^[4]

References

^ Eleições Federaes (página 1 do único caderno), O Paiz (2 de março de 1894). Ano X, n° 4316.
^ À nação brazileira (página 1 do único caderno), O Paiz (16 de novembro de 1891). Ano XI, n° 3699.
^ Osvaldo Aranha from U·X·L Newsmakers, via findarticles.com
^ Mallet's biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (in Portuguese)

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