1906 in Brazil

none 1906 Events in the year 1906 in Brazil. Incumbents Federal government President: Rodrigues Alves (till 14 November); Afonso Pena (from 15 November) Vice President: Afonso Pena (till 14 November); Nilo Peçanha (from 15 November) Governors Alagoas: Antônio Máximo da Cunha Rego (till 12 June); Euclid Vieira Malta (from 12 June) Amazonas: Antônio Constantino Néri Bahia: José Marcelino de Sousa Ceará: Antônio Nogueira Accioli Goiás: Miguel da Rocha Lima Maranhão: Manuel Lopes da Cunha (till 1 March); Benedito Pereira Leite (from 1 March) Mato Grosso: Antônio Pais de Barros, then Pedro Leite Osório Minas Gerais: Francisco Salles (till 7 September); João Pinheiro da Silva (from 7 September) Pará: Augusto Montenegro Paraíba: Valfredo Leal Paraná: Vicente Machado da Silva Lima; João Cândido Ferreira Pernambuco: Sigismundo Antônio Gonçalves Piauí: Álvaro de Assis Osório Mendes Rio Grande do Norte: Augusto Tavares Lira (till 5 November); Manuel Moreira Dias (from 5 November) Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros Santa Catarina: São Paulo: Sergipe: Vice governors Rio Grande do Norte: São Paulo: Events January 21 January: The Brazilian battleship Aquidabã sinks, after its powder magazines explode near the Jacuacanga strait, in Angra dos Reis bay. A total of 212 people are killed, including three admirals and most of the ship's officers; 98 survive.https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1906/01/23/101334908.pdf Warship Blown Up, 212 Lost 23 January 1906 The New York Times 1 27 October 2009 PDF March 1 March: In the presidential election, Afonso Pena of the Mineiro Republican Party receives 97.9% of the vote.Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 978-0-19-928358-3, p230 May 5 May: The Treaty of Limits between Brazil and the Netherlands is signed in Rio de Janeiro, establishing the international boundary between Brazil and the Dutch colony of Suriname.Surya P. Sharma (1997). Territorial Acquisition, Disputes and International Law. (M. Nijhoff Publishers: The Hague, 90-411-0362-7) October 23 October: An aeroplane of Alberto Santos-Dumont takes off at Bagatelle in France and flies 60 meters (200 feet). This is the first officially recorded powered flight in Europe.Gibbs-Smith, Charles H. "Hops and Flights: A roll call of early powered take-offs." Flight, Volume 75, Issue 2619, 3 April 1959, p. 469. Retrieved: 24 August 2013. November 9 November: The Brazilian Flag Anthem ("Hino à Bandeira Nacional"), with lyrics by Olavo Bilac and music by Francisco Braga, is performed for the first time. 15 November: Afonso Pena becomes the sixth president of Brazil.Amérique du Sud: Au Brésil (página 2 do único caderno), Le Figaro (16 de novembro de 1906). Births 27 January - Radamés Gnattali, conductor and composer (died 1988) 23 June - Lima Barreto, film director and screenwriter (died 1982) 30 July - Mário Quintana, writer and translator (died 1994) 14 September - Flávio Costa, football player and manager (died 1999) Deaths 7 October - Domingos Olímpio, novelist (born 1851)COUTINHO, Afrânio; SOUSA, J. Galante de. Enciclopédia da Literatura Brasileira. São Paulo: Global References See also 1906 in Brazilian football 1906 in Category:1900s in Brazil Category:Years of the 20th century in Brazil Brazil Brazil