1894 in Brazil

Events from the year 1894 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

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

Governors

• Alagoas:
• Amazonas:
• Bahia:
• Ceará:
• Goiás:
• Maranhão:
• Mato Grosso:
• Minas Gerais:
• Pará:
• Paraíba:
• Paraná:
• Pernambuco:
• Piauí:
• Rio Grande do Norte:
• Rio Grande do Sul:
• Santa Catarina:
• São Paulo:
• Sergipe:

Vice governors

• Rio Grande do Norte:
• São Paulo:

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 Riograndense 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

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