1892 in Brazil

none 1892 Events in the year 1892 in Brazil. Incumbents Federal government President: Marshal Floriano Peixoto Vice-President: vacant Governors Alagoas: Manuel Gomes Riberio (until 24 March), Gabino Besuoro (starting 24 March) Amazonas: until 27 February: Gregório Taumaturgo Azevedo 27 February: José Inácio Borges Machado starting 27 February: Eduardo Gonçalves Ribeiro Bahia: Leal Ferreira then Rodrigues Lima Ceará: José Clarindo de Queirós, until 16 February João Nepomuceno de Medeiros Mallet, until 18 February Benjamin Liberato Barroso, until 12 July Antônio Nogueira Accioli, until 27 August José Bezerril Fontenelle Goiás: until February 19: Constâncio Ribeiro da Maia February 19 - July 17: Brás Abrantes from July 17: Antônio Caiado Maranhão: until January 8: Maranhão Governing Board of 1891 January 8 - November 30: Manuel Belfort Vieira from November 30: Alfredo Martins Mato Grosso: Minas Gerais: until February 9: Cesário Alvim February 9 - July 13: Eduardo Ernesto da Gama Cerqueira from July 14: Afonso Pena Pará: Lauro Sodré Paraíba: until February 18: Paraíba governing board of 1891 from February 18: Álvaro Lopes Machado Paraná: until April 7: Antônio Epaminondas de Barros Correia April 7 - April 20: Ambrósio Machado da Cunha Cavalcanti From April 20: Alexandre José Barbosa Lima Pernambuco: until April 7: Antônio Epaminondas de Barros Correia April 7 - 20: Ambrósio Machado da Cunha Cavalcanti from April 20: Alexandre José Barbosa Lima Piauí: until February 11: Álvaro Lopes Machado from February 11: Coriolano de Carvalho e Silva Rio Grande do Norte: until February 22: Governing board consisting of: Francisco de Lima e Silva, Joaquim Ferreira Chaves, and Manuel do Nascimento Castro and Silva February 22-28: Jerome Américo Raposo Chamber from February 28: Pedro de Albuquerque Maranhão Rio Grande do Sul: until June 8: Military Junta of 1891 June 8-16: José Antônio Correia da Câmara June 16-17: Júlio Prates de Castilhos from June 17: Vitoriano Ribeiro Carneiro Monteiro Santa Catarina: São Paulo: Sergipe: Vice governors Rio de Janeiro: Miguel de Carvalho (9 April-3 May), Manuel Torres (starting 3 May) Rio Grande do Norte: no vice-governor (until 28 February), Silvino Bezerra (starting 28 February) São Paulo: José Alves de Cerqueira César Events 21 May - The French-built monitor Solimoes is wrecked off Cape Polonio, Uruguay, with the loss of 125 lives."Wreck of an ironclad", Launceston Examiner, 24 May 1892. Accessed 21 December 2013 date unknown Danish botanist Eugenius Warming gives the first detailed description of the Brazilian cerrado in his book Lagoa Santa.Warming, E. (1892) Lagoa Santa: Et Bidrag til den biologiske Plantegeografi med en Fortegnelse over Lagoa Santas Hvirveldyr. Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter - Naturvidenskabelig og Mathematisk Afdeling, 6. Rk. vol. 6 (3): 153-488. Later French and Portuguese translations The Afro-Brazilian practice of Capoeira is banned (not to be re-legalised until 1937).http://www.brazilplaces.com/capoeira-brazil.html Capoeira Information Brazilplaces.com 17 April 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090609144734/http://brazilplaces.com/capoeira-brazil.html 9 June 2009 Births 20 January - Sud Mennucci, journalist and educator (died 1948) 20 March - Menotti Del Picchia, poet, journalist and painter (died 1982) 23 April - Francisco Cavalcanti Pontes de Miranda, lawyer and diplomat (died 1979)Francisco Cavalcanti Pontes de Miranda's biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters pt 18 July - Arthur Friedenreich, soccer player, regarded by some as the sport's first outstanding black playerA História não Contada (died 1969) 23 July - João de Souza Mendes, chess master (died 1969) 4 October - Assis Chateaubriand, lawyer, journalist, politician and diplomat (died 1968) 27 October - Graciliano Ramos, modernist writer, politician and journalist (died 1953)Árvore genealógica de Graciliano Ramos https://web.archive.org/web/20140328122131/http://www.graciliano.com.br/vida_arvore.html 2014-03-28 pt Deaths 23 August - Deodoro da Fonseca, first president of the Republic of Brazil (born 1827) References 1892 in 1892 in Category:1890s in Brazil Category:Years of the 19th century in Brazil Brazil Brazil