1913 in Brazil

Events in the year 1913 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Marshal Hermes da Fonseca
• Vice President: Venceslau Brás

Governors

• : Clodoaldo da Fonseca
• Amazonas: Jônatas de Freitas Pedrosa
• Bahia: José Joaquim Seabra
• Ceará: Marcos Franco Rabelo
• :
• until June 10: Herculano de Sousa Lobo
• June 10 - July 31: Joaquim Rufino Ramos Jubé
• From July 31: Olegário Herculano da Silva Pinto
• Maranhão: Luís Antônio Domingues da Silva
• Mato Grosso: Joaquim Augusto da Costa Marques
• Minas Gerais: Júlio Bueno Brandão
• :
• until February 1: João Antônio Luís Coelho
• from February 1: Enéas Martins
• : João Castro Pinto
• Paraná: Carlos Cavalcanti de Albuquerque
• : Emídio Dantas Barreto
• : Miguel de Paiva Rosa
• Rio Grande do Norte: Alberto Maranhão
• Rio Grande do Sul:
• until 25 January: Carlos Barbosa Gonçalves
• from 25 January: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros
• :
• São Paulo: Rodrigues Alves
• :

Vice governors

• :
• :

Events

• 24 January - Borges de Medeiros begins his second term as President of Rio Grande do Sul, taking over from Carlos Barbosa Gonçalves.
• 11 July - Brazil's foreign minister, Lauro Müller, entertains US dignitaries on board the battleship Minas Geraes during his visit to New York.
• 12 December - Roosevelt–Rondon Scientific Expedition: Following a speaking tour in Brazil and Argentina, former US President Theodore Roosevelt meets up with Cândido Rondon to embark on a joint exploration of the "River of Doubt".

Births

• 12 January - Rubem Braga
• 19 February (in Eu, France) - Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, claimant to the Brazilian throne (died 2007)
• 1 October - Hélio Gracie, martial artist, founder of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (died 2009)
• 12 November - Teleco, footballer (died 2000)

Deaths

• 21 January - Aluísio Azevedo, novelist, caricaturist, diplomat, playwright and short story writer (born 1857)
• 11 August - Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha, composer, lawyer and diplomat (born 1846)

References

See also

• 1913 in Brazilian football