Events in the year 1874 in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

Incumbents

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: Pedro II *

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: Viscount of Rio Branco

Events

*May 24 -

Revolt of the Muckers The Revolt of the Muckers was a conflict between two groups in a German community in Southern Brazil, in 1873 and 1874. It took place in the region of Sapiranga, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Jacobina Mentz Maurer, believed by some to be a prophet ...

: religious service was held in Ferrabraz, where Jacobina announced the end of the world and ordered the extermination of 16 enemy families *June 15 - Revolt of the Muckers: massacre of the Kassel family *June 25 - Revolt of the Muckers: 14 houses of the Muckers' enemies were burned and 10 people were killed, including children *June 28 - Revolt of the Muckers: police attack Muckers but are defeated *August 2 - Jacobina Mentz and most of her followers killed by police, who were helped by informant Carlos Luppa. End of the Revolt of the Muckers. *November -

Quebra–Quilos revolt The Quebra–Quilos revolt (Portuguese: ''revolta do Quebra-Quilos'', literally, "revolt of the kilogram-breaker") was a three-month-long revolt in opposition to the proposed transition to the metric system in Brazil. The unrest took place from 3 ...

Births

*July 30 -

João de Deus Mena Barreto (1874–1933) João de Deus Mena Barreto (Porto Alegre, 30 July 1874 – Rio de Janeiro, 25 March 1933) was a Brazilian general and politician who briefly served as the president of Brazil while being a member of the provisional military junta of 1930. Born ...

, a member of the junta that temporarily governed Brazil when

Washington Luís Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa (; 26 October 1869 – 4 August 1957) was a Brazilian politician who served as the 13th president of Brazil. Elected governor of São Paulo state in 1920 and president of Brazil in 1926, Washington Luís belonge ...

was deposed *November 13 - Vital Soares, lawyer and politician

Deaths

*August 2 - Jacobina Mentz Maurer

References

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