Events in the year 1897 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

Prudente de Morais Prudente José de Morais e Barros (; 4 October 1841 – 3 December 1902) was a Brazilian lawyer and politician who was the third president of Brazil. He is notable as the first civilian president of the country, the first to be elected by direc ...

* Vice-President:

Manuel Vitorino Manuel Vitorino Pereira (30 January 1853 – 9 November 1902) was Governor of Bahia from 1889 to 1890 and the second vice president of Brazil, serving under President Prudente de Morais from 1894 to 1898. He also served as the President of ...

Governors

* Alagoas: Jose Vieira Peixoto (until June 12), Manuel Jose Duarte (starting June 12) * Amazonas: Fileto Pires Ferreira * Bahia:

Luís Viana Luís Viana, born Luíz Vianna, (30 November 1846 - 6 July 1920) was a Brazilian politician and magistrate. References {{Brazil-politician-stub 1846 births 1920 deaths Governors of Bahia Candidates for Vice President of Braz ...

Ceará Ceará (, pronounced locally as or ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is the eighth-largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the ...

Antônio Nogueira Accioli Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular mal ...

* Goiás: Francisco Leopoldo Rodrigues Jardim * Maranhão: ** until March 26:

Casimiro Vieira Jr Casimiro may refer to: *Casimiro (given name) Casimiro is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Casimiro de Abreu (1839–1860), Brazilian poet, novelist and playwright * Casimiro Alegre (1741–1825), Argentine militia officer a ...

** from March 26:

Alfredo Martins Alfredo (, ) is a cognate of the Anglo-Saxon name Alfred and a common Italian, Galician, Portuguese and Spanish language personal name. People with the given name include: * Alfredo (born 1946), Brazilian footballer born as Alfredo Mostarda F ...

Mato Grosso Mato Grosso ( – lit. "Thick Bush") is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest by area, located in the Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 1.9% of the Brazilian GDP. Neighboring ...

Manuel José Murtinho Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel Charles Fuqua Manuel Jr. (born January 4, 1944), is an American former professional baseball playe ...

* Minas Gerais:

Bias Fortes Bias Fortes is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin Amer ...

* Pará: ** until February 1: Lauro Sodré ** from February 1:

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Paraíba Paraíba ( Tupi: ''pa'ra a'íba''; ) is a state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and it is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Paraíba ...

Antônio Alfredo Mello Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular m ...

* Paraná:

Santos Andrade Santos may refer to: People * Santos (surname) * Santos (DJ) (born 1971), Italian DJ *Santos Benavides (1823–1891), Confederate general in the American Civil War *Santos Balmori Picazo (1899–1992), Spanish-Mexican painter *Santos (footballer, ...

* Pernambuco:

Joaquim Correia de Araújo Joaquim is the Portuguese and Catalan version of Joachim and may refer to: * Alberto Joaquim Chipande, politician * Eduardo Joaquim Mulémbwè, politician * Joaquim Agostinho (1943–1984), Portuguese professional bicycle racer * Joaquim Amat ...

Piauí Piaui (, ) is one of the states of Brazil, located in the country's Northeast Region. The state has 1.6% of the Brazilian population and produces 0.7% of the Brazilian GDP. Piaui has the shortest coastline of any coastal Brazilian state at 66&n ...

Raimundo Artur de Vasconcelos The name Raimundo may refer to: * Raimundo, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino (1907–1986) * Raimundo Calcagno, Spanish screenwriter * Raimundo Rolón, brief President of Paraguay * Raimundo Orsi, Argentinian footballer * Raimundo Diosdado Caballero, Cath ...

* Rio Grande do Norte:

Joaquim Ferreira Chaves Joaquim is the Portuguese and Catalan version of Joachim and may refer to: * Alberto Joaquim Chipande, politician * Eduardo Joaquim Mulémbwè, politician * Joaquim Agostinho (1943–1984), Portuguese professional bicycle racer * Joaquim Amat ...

Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...

Júlio Prates de Castilhos Júlio is a Portuguese masculine given name. The equivalent in Spanish is Julio. The diminutive form is Julinho, as in Júlio César Teixeira known as Julinho, a Brazilian footballer. See also *Julio (disambiguation) *Julio (given name) *Julio ( ...

* Santa Catarina: * São Paulo: * Sergipe:

Vice governors

* Rio de Janeiro: * Rio Grande do Norte: * São Paulo:

Events

*6 January – An expeditionary force, consisting of 557 soldiers and officers under the command of Major Febrônio de Brito, who attacks the well-defended village of Canudos. The troops are eventually forced to retreat when confronted with more than 4,000 insurrectionists. *7 August – Euclides da Cunha goes to the

Sertão The ''sertão'' (, plural ''sertões'') is the "hinterland" or "backcountry". In Brazil, it refers both to one of the four sub-regions of the Northeast Region of Brazil (similar to the specific association of "outback" with Australia in English ...

("backland"), as war correspondent for ''

O Estado de S. Paulo ''O Estado de S. Paulo'' (; ), also known as ''Estadão'' (; ), is a daily newspaper published in São Paulo, Brazil. It is the third largest newspaper in Brazil, and its format changed from broadsheet to berliner on October 17, 2021. It has t ...

''. *2 October – the War of Canudos comes to a brutal end, when a large Brazilian army force overruns the village and kills nearly all the inhabitants. *12 October – The city of

Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte (, ; ) is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population around 2.7 million and with a metropolitan area of 6 million people. It is the 13th-largest city in South America and the 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropol ...

is created and its construction is completely successfully.

Births

*6 February – Alberto Cavalcanti, film director and producer (died 1982) *30 April – Humberto Mauro, film director (died 1983) *7 June –

Lampião "Captain" Virgulino Ferreira da Silva (), better known as Lampião (older spelling: ''Lampeão'', , meaning "lantern" or "oil lamp"), was probably the twentieth century's most successful traditional bandit leader. The banditry endemic to the Brazi ...

, bandit (died 1938) *20 September – Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, politician (died 1967) *4 November –

Oscar Lorenzo Fernández Oscar Lorenzo Fernández (4 November 1897 – 27 August 1948) was a Brazilian composer of Spanish descent. He was born and died in Rio de Janeiro. Life Fernández studied at the Instituto Nacional de Música with Francisco Braga, Frederico Nas ...

, composer (died 1948)

Deaths

*1 January –

Adolfo Caminha Adolfo Ferreira Caminha (May 29, 1867 – January 1, 1897) was a Brazilian Naturalist novelist, famous for his polemical novel '' Bom-Crioulo'', which deals with race and homosexuality. Life Caminha was born in Aracati in 1867, to Raimundo Ferre ...

, Naturalist novelist (born 1867; tuberculosis) *4 March –

Antônio Moreira César Antônio Moreira César (July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1897) was a Brazilian army officer who fought on the side of the government forces in the Navy Revolt, the Federalist Revolution and the War of Canudos. He was governor of the state of Santa Cata ...

, army colonel, killed in action *22 September –

Antônio Conselheiro Antônio Conselheiro, in English "Anthony the Counselor", real name Antônio Vicente Mendes Maciel (March 13, 1830 – September 22, 1897) was a Brazilian religious leader, preacher, and founder of the village of Canudos, the scene of the War of ...

, religious leader, preacher, and founder of the village of Canudos (born 1830; dysentery) CUNHA, Euclides da. '' Rebellion in the Backlands''. Transl. Samuel Putnam. Chicago: Phoenix Books, 1944 *13 November –

Francisco de Paula Ney Francisco de Paula Ney (February 2, 1858 – November 13, 1897) was a Brazilian poet and journalist. A pre-eminent figure of the bohemian Rio de Janeiro of the ''Belle Époque'', he was a friend of Coelho Neto, Aluísio Azevedo and Olavo Bilac. ...

, poet and journalist (born 1858)

References

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