Events in the year 1916 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

Federal government

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

Venceslau Brás Venceslau Brás Pereira Gomes (; 26 February 1868 – 15 May 1966) was a Brazilian politician who served as ninth president of Brazil between 1914 and 1918, during the First Brazilian Republic. Brás was born in Brasópolis (formerly São Cae ...

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on ...

: Urbano Santos da Costa Araújo

Governors

Alagoas Alagoas (, ) is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and NW); Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is the city of Maceió. ...

: João Batista Accioli Jr. * Amazonas: Jônatas de Freitas Pedrosa *

Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro) and the 5th-largest b ...

: 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 Goiás () is a Brazilian state located in the Center-West region. Goiás borders the Federal District and the states of (from north clockwise) Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso. The state capital is Goi ...

: ** till 6 May: Joaquim Rufino Ramos Jubé ** 6 May - October 13: Salatiel Simões de Lima ** from October 13: Aprígio José de Sousa *

Maranhão Maranhão () is a state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of . Clockwise from north, it borders on the Atlantic Ocean for 2,243 km and the states of Piauí, Tocantins and ...

: Herculano Nina Parga * Mato Grosso: Caetano Manuel de Faria e Albuquerque *

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

Delfim Moreira Delfim Moreira da Costa Ribeiro (; 7 November 1868 – 1 July 1920) was a Brazilian politician who served as tenth president of Brazil. Biography He was born in Minas Gerais state to a Portuguese father and to a Portuguese Brazilian mother wh ...

Pará Pará is a state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest are the borders of Guyana ...

: Enéas Martins * :pt:Lista de governadores da Paraíba, Paraíba: ** till 1 July: Antônio da Silva Pessoa ** 1 July - 22 October: Sólon Barbosa de Lucena ** from 22 October: Francisco Camilo de Holanda * List of Governors of Paraná, Paraná: ** Carlos Cavalcanti de Albuquerque ** Afonso Camargo * :pt:Lista de governadores de Pernambuco, Pernambuco: Manuel Antônio Pereira Borba * :pt:Lista de governadores do Piauí, Piauí: ** till 1 July: Miguel de Paiva Rosa ** from 1 July: Eurípedes Clementino de Aguiar * Governors of Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Norte: Joaquim Ferreira Chaves * List of Governors of Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros * :pt:Lista de governadores de Santa Catarina, Santa Catarina: * List of Governors of São Paulo, São Paulo: Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (until 1 May); Altino Arantes Marques (from 1 May) * :pt:Lista de governadores de Sergipe, Sergipe:

Vice governors

* :pt:Lista de vice-governadores do Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Norte: * :pt:Lista de vice-governadores de São Paulo, São Paulo:

Events

*5 March - The liner ''Príncipe de Asturias (ocean liner), Príncipe de Asturias'' runs aground in fog on the shoals out of Ponta do Boi, in the island of Ilhabela, Sao Sebastião, while trying to approach the port of Santos. At least 445 people out of the 588 aboard are killed. *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. **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 in Brazil, 2014) *14 July - André Franco Montoro, lawyer and politician (died 1999 in Brazil, 1999) *22 July - Gino Bianco, Italian-born racing driver (died 1984 in Brazil, 1984) *6 October - Ulysses Guimarães, politician (died 1992 in Brazil, 1992) *19 December - Manoel de Barros, poet (died 2014 in Brazil, 2014)

Deaths

*24 August - João Zeferino da Costa, artist (born 1840 in Brazil, 1840)DezenoveVinte - Brazilian Art from XIX and XX begins
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