1907 in Brazil

none 1907 Events in the year 1907 in Brazil. Incumbents Federal government President: Afonso Pena Vice President: Nilo Peçanha Governors Alagoas: Euclid Vieira Malta Amazonas: Antônio Constantino Néri Bahia: José Marcelino de Sousa Ceará: Antônio Nogueira Accioli Goiás: Miguel da Rocha Lima Maranhão: Benedito Pereira Leite Mato Grosso: Pedro Leite Osório, then Generoso Pais Leme de Sousa Ponce Minas Gerais: João Pinheiro da Silva Pará: Augusto Montenegro Paraíba: Valfredo Leal Paraná: João Cândido Ferreira, Joaquim Monteiro de Carvalho e Silva Pernambuco: Sigismundo Antônio Gonçalves Piauí: Álvaro de Assis Osório Mendes (until 5 December); Areolino Antônio de Abreu (from 5 December) Rio Grande do Norte: Manuel Moreira Dias (until 23 February); Antonio José de Melo e Sousa (from 23 February) Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros Santa Catarina: São Paulo: Sergipe: Vice governors Rio Grande do Norte: São Paulo: Events 7 January - Three new battleships on which construction work is in progress are scrapped as a result of changes to the Brazilian government's requirements. 20 February - The Brazilian government approves the design for its new battleships.Topliss, David. "The Brazilian Dreadnoughts, 1904–1914." Warship International 25, no. 3 (1988): p 246. 20 April - Brazil annexed land in the East from Colombia through the Vásquez Cobo–Martins treaty. 30 April - The keel of Brazil's latest dreadnought battleship "São Paulo" is laid down at the Vickers shipyard, Barrow-in-Furness, UK."E São Paulo," Navios De Guerra Brasileiros. date unknown Construction of the Madeira-Mamoré Railroad begins, linking the cities of Porto Velho and Guajará-Mirim. Construction Facts: The Sourcebook of Statistics, Records and Resources Engineering News Record 14 48–49 November 2003 McGraw Hill The first Brazilian diplomats are officially accredited by the government of Costa Rica. Arts and culture Olavo Bilac is elected the "Prince of Brazilian Poets" by the magazine Fon-Fon.Bilac's biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters pt Births 29 January - Clóvis Graciano, artist (died 1988) 9 February - Victor Civita, Italian-Brazilian journalist and publisher, in New York, USA (died 1990)"Victor Civita" - bio https://web.archive.org/web/20100812045543/http://www.centenariovictorcivita.com.br/biografia/ 2010-08-12 , Grupo Abril website, retrieved July 19, 2011 29 March - Braguinha, composer (died 2006) 4 April - Otávio Fantoni, soccer player (died 1935) 18 April - Manoel de Castro Villas Bôas, entrepreneur, writer and journalist (d. 1979) 22 May - Luiz Gervazoni, footballer (died 1963) 12 June - José Reis, scientist and journalist (died 2002) 3 August - Ernesto Geisel, military leader and politician (died 1996) 15 December - Oscar Niemeyer, architect (died 2012) Deaths 1 October - Geraldo Ribeiro de Sousa Resende, Baron Geraldo of Resende, aristocrat, farmer and politician (born 1847)Smith, Warney. Barão Geraldo, A Luta pela Autonomia (1920–1980). Centro de Memória da Unicamp, 1996. See also 1907 in Brazilian football References 1907 in Category:1900s in Brazil Category:Years of the 20th century in Brazil Brazil Brazil