1903 in Brazil

Events in the year 1903 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Rodrigues Alves
• Vice President: Silviano Brandão

Governors

• : Euclides Vieira Malta (till 12 June), Joaquim Paulo Vieira Malta (from 12 June)
• Amazonas: Silvério José Néri
• Bahia: Severino Vieira
• Ceará: Pedro Augusto Borges
• : José Xavier de Almeida
• Maranhão: Manuel Lopes da Cunha
• Mato Grosso: Antônio Pedro Alves de Barros, then Antônio Pais de Barros
• Minas Gerais: Francisco Salles
• : Augusto Montenegro
• : José Peregrino de Araújo
• Paraná: Francisco Xavier da Silva
• : Antônio Gonçalves Ferreira
• : Arlindo Francisco Nogueira
• Rio Grande do Norte: Alberto Maranhão
• Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros
• :
• São Paulo:
• :

Vice governors

• :
• :

Events

• 29 June - A meteorite fall, classification H5, is observed in Uberaba, Minas Gerais.
• 11 November - The Treaty of Petrópolis ends tension between Brazil and Bolivia over the then-Bolivian territory of Acre (today the Acre state).

Births

• 3 August - Aimée de Heeren, socialite (died 2006)
• 7 November - Ary Barroso, composer, pianist, songwriter, soccer commentator, and talent-show host (died 1964)
• 22 December - Joanídia Sodré, music educator, pianist, conductor and composer (died 1975)
• 30 December - Cândido Portinari, painter (died 1962)

Deaths

• 22 February - Victor Meirelles, painter (born 1832)

References

See also

• 1903 in Brazilian football