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1891
Events in the year 1891 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca (de facto until 26 February, de jure from 26 February to 23 November), Marshal Floriano Peixoto (starting 23 November)
Vice-President: Marshal Floriano Peixoto (de jure from 26 February to 23 November), vacant from 23 November
Governors
Alagoas:
until 12 June: Manuel de Araujo Gois
12 June-16: Pedro Paulino de Fonseca
16 June-23 November: Manuel de Araujo Gois
23 November-28: Provisional Government
starting 28 November: Manuel Gomes Riberio
Amazonas:
until 5 May: Eduardo Gonçalves Ribeiro
5 May-25 May: Guilherme José Moreira
25 May-30 June: Guilherme José Moreira
30 June-1 September: Gregório Taumaturgo Azevedo
Bahia: José Gonçalves da Silva then Tude Soares Neiva then Leal Ferreira
Ceará:
until 22 January: Luís Antônio Ferraz
22 January-6 April: Benjamin Liberato Barroso
6 April-28 April: Feliciano Antônio Benjamim
starting 28 April: José Clarindo de Queirós
Goiás:
until 20 January: Rodolfo Gustavo da Paixão
20 January-30 March: Bernardo Albernaz
30 March-20 May: João Bonifácio Gomes de Siqueira
20 May-18 July: Constâncio Ribeiro da Maia
18 July-7 December: Rodolfo Gustavo da Paixão
starting 7 December: Constâncio Ribeiro da Maia
Maranhão:
Mato Grosso: Antonio Maria Coelho then Frederico Solon de Sampaio Ribeiro then José da Silva Rondon then João Nepomuceno de Medeiros Mallet
Minas Gerais:
until 11 February: Chrispim Jacques Bias Fortes
11 February-17 March: Frederico Augusto Álvares da Silva
17 March-16 June: Antônio Augusto de Limahttps://www.academia.org.br/academicos/augusto-de-lima/biografia Biografia Academia Brasileira de Letras pt 27 September 2025
16 June-18 June: Eduardo Ernesto da Gama Cerqueira
starting 18 June: Cesário AlvimThe Hispanic American Historical Review, Volume 47 Board of Editors of the Hispanic American Review 1967 157
Pará:
until 7 February: Justo Chermont
7 February-25 March: Gentil Bittencourt
25 March-24 June: Huet de Bacelar
starting 24 June: Lauro Sodré
Paraíba: Venâncio Neiva (until 27 November), Government Junta (from 27 November)
Paraná: José Cerqueira de Aguiar Lima then Generoso Marques dos Santos then Roberto Ferreira Bento/José Lamenha Lins/Joaquim Monteiro de Carvalho e Silva
Pernambuco: José Antônio Correia da Silva (until 27 November); José Maria de Albuquerque Melo (from 27 November)
Piauí:
until 28 May: Álvaro Moreira de Barros Oliveira Lima
28 May-21 December: Gabriel Luís Ferreira
21 December-29 December: Francisco Gomes Muniz
starting 29 December: Álvaro Lopes Machado
Rio Grande do Norte:
until 2 March: Castro and Manuel do Nascimento Silva
2 March-13 June: Amintas Francisco da Costa Barros
13 June-6 August: José Inácio Fernandes Barros
6 August-9 September: Francisco Gurgel de Oliveira
9 September-28 November: Miguel Joaquim de Almeida Castro
starting 12 November: Government Junta
Rio Grande do Sul:
until 16 March: Cândido José da Costa
16 March-15 July: Fernando Fernandes Abbott
15 July-12 November: Júlio de Castilhoshttps://educacao.uol.com.br/biografias/julio-prates-de-castilhos.htm Júlio Prates de Castilhos Universo Online - Education 25 April 2006 pt-BR 27 September 2025
starting 12 November: Military Junta
Santa Catarina:
until 10 November: Gustavo Richard
10 November-28 December: Lauro Miller
starting 28 December: Government Junta
São Paulo:
until 7 March: Jorge Tibiriçá Piratininga
7 March-11 June: Américo Brasiliense
11 June-15 December: Sérgio Tertuliano Castelo Branco
Sergipe:
26 January-27 May: Luis Mendes de Morais
8 June-24 November: Vicente Ribeiro
starting 24 November: vacant thereafter
Vice governors
Rio de Janeiro: Manuel Torres (until 10 May)
Rio Grande do Norte:
until 11 June: Government Junta
11 June-16 December: José Alves de Cerqueira César
starting 16 December: vacant
São Paulo:
until 9 September: vacant
9 September-28 November: Government Junta
starting 28 November: vacant
Events
24 February – A new constitution is adopted by a Constitutional Congress.http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Constituicao/Constitui%C3%A7ao91.htm Full text of the Constitution available at 2014-03-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20130804130509/http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Constituicao/Constitui%C3%A7ao91.htm 2013-08-04 dead
26 February – Presidential election: De facto President Deodoro da Fonseca is confirmed in post, gaining 55.61% of the vote.
3 November – President Fonseca dissolves the National Congress and declares a "state of emergency".
23 November
President Fonseca resigns from office, handing the position to Floriano Peixoto.Charles Willis Simmons, Marshal Deodoro and the fall of Dom Pedro II, 1966
Exiled Emperor Pedro II appears at the French Academy of Sciences for the last time to participate in an election.Carvalho, José Murilo de (2007). D. Pedro II: ser ou não ser (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Companhia das Letras. 978-85-359-0969-2.Besouchet, Lídia (1993). Pedro II e o Século XIX (in Portuguese) (2nd ed.). Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira. 978-85-209-0494-7. p 26
3 December – A sudden deterioration is noted in the health of Pedro II.Besouchet, Lídia (1993). Pedro II e o Século XIX (in Portuguese) (2nd ed.). Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira. 978-85-209-0494-7. p 30
9 December – Despite government repression, a popular gathering in memory of the deceased emperor occurred takes place, organized by the Marquis of Tamandaré, Viscount of Ouro Preto, Viscount of Sinimbu, Baron of Ladário, Carlos de Laet, Alfredo d' Escragnolle Taunay, Rodolfo Dantas, Afonso Celso and Joaquim Nabuco.Calmon, Pedro (1975). História de D. Pedro II. 5 v (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: J. Olympio. P 1907
date unknown – The daily newspaper Jornal do Brasil is founded."O adeus ao 'Jornal do Brasil': após 119 anos, um dos diários mais importantes do país deixa de ...", 31 August 2010 (Portuguese) Accessed 28 March 2014
Arts and culture
Books
Adolfo Caminha – A normalista
Births
10 April – Zélio Fernandino de Moraes, founder of the Umbanda Branca religion (d. 1975)Saidenberg, Theresa. "Como surgiu a Umbanda em nosso país: 70° aniversário de uma religião brasileira." Revista Planeta, São Paulo, N. 75, December 1978. p. 34–38.
21 July – Lasar Segall, Jewish painter, engraver and sculptor, died in Lithuania (d. 1957)
20 September – Maria José de Castro Rebello Mendes, diplomat (d. 1936)Baronesa do Mês: Maria José Rebello Mendes pt
23 October – Pedro Ludovico, founder of Goiânia (d. 1979)Who's who in Brazil https://books.google.com/books?id=CoULAAAAYAAJ 1971 1880
Deaths
thumb|200px|Pedro II in his deathbed, 6 December 1891
22 January – Benjamin Constant Botelho de Magalhães, soldier, and politician (b. 1836)
5 December – Pedro II of Brazil, exiled Emperor of Brazil (b. 1825)
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