1916 in Brazil
| 1916 in Brazil |
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| Year of Constitution: 1891 |
Events in the year 1916 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
- Alagoas: João Batista Accioli Jr.
- Amazonas: Jônatas de Freitas Pedrosa
- Bahia: José Joaquim Seabra, then Antônio Ferrão Muniz de Aragão
- Ceará:
- till 12 July: Benjamin Liberato Barroso
- from 12 July: João Tomé de Sabóia e Silva
- Goiás:
- till 6 May: Joaquim Rufino Ramos Jubé
- 6 May - October 13: Salatiel Simões de Lima
- from October 13: Aprígio José de Sousa
- Maranhão: Herculano Nina Parga[1]
- Mato Grosso: Caetano Manuel de Faria e Albuquerque
- Minas Gerais: Delfim Moreira[2]
- Pará: Enéas Martins
- Paraíba:
- till 1 July: Antônio da Silva Pessoa
- 1 July - 22 October: Sólon Barbosa de Lucena
- from 22 October: Francisco Camilo de Holanda
- Paraná:
- Pernambuco: Manuel Antônio Pereira Borba
- Piauí:
- till 1 July: Miguel de Paiva Rosa
- from 1 July: Eurípedes Clementino de Aguiar
- Rio Grande do Norte: Joaquim Ferreira Chaves
- Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros
- Santa Catarina:
- São Paulo: Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (until 1 May); Altino Arantes Marques(from 1 May)
- Sergipe:
Vice governors
Events
- 5 March - The liner Príncipe de Asturias runs aground in fog on the shoals out of Ponta do Boi, in the island of Sao Sebastião, while trying to approach the port of Santos. At least 445 people out of the 588 aboard are killed.[3]
- 3 May- Brazilian merchant ship Rio Branco is sunk by a German submarine. Because the ship is in restricted waters and registered under the British flag, and most of its crew is Norwegian, it is not considered an illegal attack by the Brazilian government, despite public protests.
- August
- Brazilian Naval Aviation is established, in preparation for the country's participation in the First World War.[4]
- The capture of rebel leader Deodato Manuel Ramos ("Adeodato") marks the effective end of the Contestado War.
Births
- 30 April - Armando Círio, Archbishop of Cascavel 1979-1995 (died 2014)
- André Franco Montoro, lawyer and politician (died 1999)
- 6 October - Ulysses Guimarães, politician (died 1992)
- 19 December - Manoel de Barros, poet (died 2014)
Deaths
References
- ^ Mensagem apresentada ao Congresso Legislativo do Maranhão na 3ª sessão da 8ª legislatura, em 5 de fevereiro de 1915, pelo exmo. sr. dr. Herculano Nina Parga, governador do estado
- ^ "Biografia". biblioteca presidencia. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ISBN 978-84-9734-881-2.
- ^ Command of the Aeronaval Forces Archived 2014-03-07 at the Wayback Machine Official website
- ^ "Gino Bianco profile". Grandprix.com. Inside F1. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ DezenoveVinte - Brazilian Art from XIX and XX begins
See also
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