1914 in Brazil

none 1914 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 Alagoas: 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 Goiás: until 6 July: Olegário Herculano da Silva Pinto from 6 July: Salatiel Simões de Lima Maranhão: till 1 March: Luís 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 Pará: Enéas Martins Paraíba: João Castro Pinto Paraná: Carlos Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Pernambuco: Emídio Dantas Barreto Piaui: Miguel de Paiva Rosa Rio Grande do Norte: Joaquim Ferreira Chaves Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros Santa Catarina: São Paulo: Sergipe: Vice governors Rio Grande do Norte: São Paulo: 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.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, 978-0-19-928358-3. p 230 20 May - Brazil participates in the Niagara Falls peace conference, in at attempt to avoid war between the United States and Mexico.Bulletins from Peace Meeting Eagerly Read by the Crowds https://www.nytimes.com/1914/05/21/archives/scenes-at-the-conference-bulletins-from-peace-meeting-eagerly-read.html 'Play Ball' sang out an irreverent voice as Frederick W. Lehmann and Justice Joseph R. Lamar, the two American delegates to the Niagara Falls peace conference, arrived here a few minutes before 3 o'clock this afternoon and went upstairs to the sun parlor for the opening session of the conference. ... The New York Times May 21, 1914 2014-01-03 8 June - The Brazilian Football Confederation is founded, with Álvaro Zamith as its first president. The Brazilian Olympic Committee is founded on the same day. 14 September - The British Royal Navy auxiliary cruiser Carmania fought the German Cap Trafalgar off Trindade in the Battle of Trindade. Carmania sank Cap Trafalgar, but sustained severe damage herself.'Carmania' sinking the 'Cap Trafalgar' off Trinidade Island in the South Atlantic, 14 September 1914 https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/204091.html Royal Museums Greenwich (Collections) National Maritime Museum 18 February 2013 15 November - Venceslau Brás is sworn in as Brazil's ninth president.O novo governo (página 1 do único caderno), O Paiz (16 de novembro de 1914). Ano XXX, n° 10997. Births 14 March - Abdias do Nascimento, Afro-Brazilian scholar, artist, and politician (died 2011)https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/world/americas/31nascimento.html?ref=deathsobituaries Abdias do Nascimento, Rights Voice, Dies at 97 Bruce Weber The New York Times May 30, 2011 18 May - Cacilda Borges Barbosa, pianist, conductor and composer (died 2010)Antonio, Irati (1994). "Barbosa, Cacilda Campos Borges". In Julie Anne Sadie and Rhian Samuel. The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Woman Composers (1st American ed.). The Macmillan Press Limited (London); W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. (New York). p. 35. 0-393-03487-9. 26 May - Sister Dulce, Catholic Franciscan Sister (died 1992) 29 May - José Eugênio Corrêa, Bishop of Caratinga 1957-1978 (died 2010) 6 July - Otto Bumbel, football player and manager (died 1992) 14 July - Marcelo Damy, physicist (died 2009) Deaths 18 June - Sílvio Romero, Condorist" poet, essayist, literary critic, professor and journalist (born 1851)Romero's biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters pt 12 November - Augusto dos Anjos, poet and academic (born 1884;pneumonia) See also 1914 in Brazilian football References 1914 in Category:1910s in Brazil Brazil Category:Years of the 20th century in Brazil Brazil