1906 in Brazil

Events in the year 1906 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (till 15 November); Afonso Pena (from 15 November)
• Vice President: Afonso Pena (till 15 November); Nilo Peçanha (from 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

• 21 January - The Brazilian battleship Aquidabã sinks, after its powder magazines explode near the Jacuacanga strait, in Angra dos Reis bay. A total of 212 people are killed, including three admirals and most of the ship's officers; 98 survive.[1]
• 1 March - In the presidential election, Afonso Pena of the Mineiro Republican Party receives 97.9% of the vote.[2]
• 5 May - The Treaty of Limits between Brazil and the Netherlands is signed in Rio de Janeiro, establishing the international boundary between Brazil and the Dutch colony of Suriname.[3]
• 9 November - The Brazilian Flag Anthem ("Hino à Bandeira Nacional"), with words by Olavo Bilac and music by Francisco Braga, is performed for the first time.

Births

• 27 January - Radamés Gnattali, conductor and composer (died 1988)
• 23 June - Lima Barreto, film director and screenwriter (died 1982)
• 30 July - Mario Quintana, writer and translator (died 1994)
• 14 September - Flávio Costa, football player and manager (died 1999)

Deaths

• 7 October - Domingos Olímpio, novelist (born 1851)[4]

References

1. "Warship Blown Up, 212 Lost" (PDF). The New York Times. 23 January 1906. p. 1. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
2. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3, p230
3. Surya P. Sharma (1997). Territorial Acquisition, Disputes and International Law. (M. Nijhoff Publishers: The Hague, ISBN 90-411-0362-7)
4. COUTINHO, Afrânio; SOUSA, J. Galante de. Enciclopédia da Literatura Brasileira. São Paulo: Global

See also

• 1906 in Brazilian football