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1914 in Brazil
Events in the year
1914 in
Brazil
.
Incumbents
Federal government
President
: Marshal
Hermes da Fonseca
(until 14 November);
Venceslau Brás
(from 15 November)
Vice President
:
Venceslau Brás
(until 14 November);
Urbano Santos da Costa Araújo
(from 15 November)
Governors
:
Clodoaldo da Fonseca
Amazonas
:
Jônatas de Freitas Pedrosa
Bahia
:
José Joaquim Seabra
Ceará
:
till 14 March:
Marcos Franco Rabelo
15 March - 14 June:
Fernando Setembrino de Carvalho
from 14 June:
Benjamin Liberato Barroso
:
until 6 July:
Olegário Herculano da Silva Pinto
from 6 July:
Salatiel Simões de Lima
Maranhão
:
till 1 March:
LuÃÂs Antônio Domingues da Silva
1 March - 26 April:
Afonso Gifwning de Matos
from 26 April:
Herculano Nina Parga
Mato Grosso
:
Joaquim Augusto da Costa Marques
Minas Gerais
:
till 7 September:
Júlio Bueno Brandão
from 7 September:
Delfim Moreira
:
Enéas Martins
:
João Castro Pinto
Paraná
:
Carlos Cavalcanti de Albuquerque
:
EmÃÂdio Dantas Barreto
:
Miguel de Paiva Rosa
Rio Grande do Norte
:
Joaquim Ferreira Chaves
Rio Grande do Sul
:
Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros
:
São Paulo
:
:
Vice governors
:
:
Events
1 January
at 12:00 a.m.
Local Mean Time
States and territories now observe the
four standard time zones
, moving clocks forward or backward by a few minutes and seconds according to the then civil time by law since
18 June
,
1913
.
1 March
- In the
presidential election
, incumbent Vice-President
Venceslau Brás
, of the
Mineiro Republican Party
, receives 91.6% of the vote.
20 May
- Brazil participates in the
Niagara Falls peace conference
, in at attempt to avoid war between the United States and Mexico.
8 June
- The
Brazilian Football Confederation
is founded, with
ÃÂlvaro Zamith
as its first president. The
Brazilian Olympic Committee
is founded on the same day.
14 September
- The
British Royal Navy
auxiliary cruiser fought the German off Trindade in the
Battle of Trindade
.
Carmania
sank
Cap Trafalgar
, but sustained severe damage herself.
15 November
-
Venceslau Brás
is sworn in as
Brazil's ninth president
.
Births
14 March
-
Abdias do Nascimento
, Afro-Brazilian scholar, artist, and politician (died
2011
)
18 May
-
Cacilda Borges Barbosa
, pianist, conductor and composer (died
2010
)
26 May
-
Sister Dulce
, Catholic Franciscan Sister (died
1992
)
29 May
-
José Eugênio Corrêa
, Bishop of Caratinga 1957-1978 (died
2010
)
14 July
-
Marcelo Damy
, physicist (died
2009
)
Deaths
18 June
-
SÃÂlvio Romero
, Condorist" poet, essayist, literary critic, professor and journalist (born
1851
)
12 November
-
Augusto dos Anjos
, poet and academic (born
1884
;
pneumonia
)
See also
1914 in Brazilian football
References