1889 in Brazil

Events in the year 1889 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal Government

• Monarch: Pedro II (until 15 November)
• President: Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca (de facto, from 15 November)
• Vice-President: none
• Prime Minister:
• João Alfredo Correia de Oliveira (until 7 June)
• Afonso Celso, Viscount of Ouro Preto (from 7 June to 15 November)
• none (from 15 November)

Governors

• : Government Junta (18 November-21), Tiburcio Valerio de Araujo (21 November-2 December), Pedro Paulino da Fonseca (starting 2 December)
• Amazonas: Government Junta (starting 21 November)
• Bahia: Virginio Climaco Damasio then Manuel Vitorino Pereira
• Ceará: Luis Antonio Ferraz (starting 16 November)
• : Government Junta (starting 7 December)
• Maranhão:
• Mato Grosso: Antonio Maria Coelho
• Minas Gerais: Antonio Olinto dos Santos Pires
• : Justo Chermont (starting 17 December)
• : Venancio Neiva (starting 17 November)
• Paraná: Francisco José Cardoso Júnior then José Marques Guimarães
• : José Cerqueira de Aguiar Lima (16 November-12 December), José Simeão de Oliveira (starting 12 December)
• : Gregório Taumaturgo de Azevedo (starting 26 December)
• Rio Grande do Norte: Pedro de Albuquerque Maranhão (17 November-6 December), Adolfo Afonso da Silva Gordo (starting 6 December)
• Rio Grande do Sul: Government Junta (starting 17 November)
• : Lauro Müller (starting 2 December)
• São Paulo: Government Junta (starting 14 December)
• : Junta Governativa Sergipana (starting 14 November), Felisbelo Firmo de Oliveira Freire (starting 2 December)

Vice governors

• : No vice governor
• : No vice governor

Events

May

• 3 May – The Cabinet of João Alfredo Correia de Oliveira loses a vote of no confidence.

June

• 7 June – Afonso Celso de Assis Figuereido, Viscount of Ouro Preto, is appointed to replace Correia de Oliveira as prime minister.

July

• July – Emperor Dom Pedro II travels to Minas Gerais, demonstrating both that he is still actively engaged in government and the depth of support for the monarchy in the province.

November

• 11 November – Republicans meet at the home of Rui Barbosa to plan a coup. The chief organizers are Benjamin Constant, Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca, Quintino Bocaiuva and Aristides Lobo.
• 15 November – A coup d'état institutes the First Brazilian Republic.
• 17 November – Emperor Dom Pedro II and his family are sent into exile in Europe.
• 19 November – A new national flag, devised by Raimundo Teixeira Mendes, is adopted by the republic.
• 20 November – Argentina becomes the first nation to recognize the new government of Deodoro da Fonseca.

December

• 24 December – The former royal family receive official notice that they will never be allowed to return to Brazil.

Arts and culture

Books

• Osório Duque-Estrada – A Aristocracia do Espírito

Births

• 2 December – Anita Malfatti, artist (d. 1964)
• unknown date – José Maria de Santo Agostinho, mystic (d. 1912)

Deaths

• 29 March – Teófilo Dias, poet, journalist and lawyer (b. 1854)
• 26 June – Tobias Barreto, poet, philosopher, jurist and critic (b. 1839)
• 28 June – Francisco Otaviano, poet, lawyer, diplomat, journalist and politician (b. 1825)
• 21 October – Irineu Evangelista de Sousa, Viscount of Mauá, entrepreneur, industrialist, banker and politician (b. 1813)
• 28 December – Empress Teresa Cristina, wife of Emperor Dom Pedro II (b. 1822)

References