1897 in Brazil

none December 2020 1897 Events in the year 1897 in Brazil. Incumbents Federal government President: Prudente de Morais Vice-President: Manuel Vitorino Governors Alagoas: until June 12: José Vieira Peixoto from June 12: Manuel José Duarte Amazonas: Fileto Pires Ferreira Bahia: Luís Viana Ceará: Antônio Nogueira Accioli Goiás: Francisco Leopoldo Rodrigues Jardim Maranhão: until March 26: Casimiro Vieira Jr from March 26: Alfredo Martins Mato Grosso: Manuel José Murtinho Minas Gerais: Bias Fortes Pará: until February 1: Lauro Sodré from February 1: Pais de Carvalho Paraíba: Antônio Alfredo Mello Paraná: Santos Andrade Pernambuco: Joaquim Correia de Araújo Piauí: Raimundo Artur de Vasconcelos Rio Grande do Norte: Joaquim Ferreira Chaves Rio Grande do Sul: Júlio de Castilhos Santa Catarina: Hercílio Luz São Paulo: until October 31: Campos Sales from October 31: Peixoto Gomide Sergipe: Martinho Garcez Vice governors Rio de Janeiro: Rio Grande do Norte: São Paulo: Events 6 January – An expeditionary force, consisting of 557 soldiers and officers under the command of Major Febrônio de Brito, who attacks the well-defended village of Canudos. The troops are eventually forced to retreat when confronted with more than 4,000 insurrectionists.Cunha, Euclides da. Rebellion in the Backlands. Translated from Portuguese Os Sertões. University Of Chicago Press, 1957. 0-226-12444-4. 7 August – Euclides da Cunha goes to the sertão ("backland"), as war correspondent for O Estado de S. Paulo. 2 October – the War of Canudos comes to a brutal end, when a large Brazilian army force overruns the village and kills nearly all the inhabitants.Levine, R.M. Vale of Tears: Revisiting the Canudos Massacre in Northeastern Brazil, 1893–1897. University of California Press, 1995. 0-520-20343-7. Review https://web.archive.org/web/20080217051544/http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/5807.html 17 February 2008 . 12 October – The city of Belo Horizonte is created and its construction is completely successfully. 5 November – President Prudente de Morais suffers an assassination attempt during a ceremony at the War Arsenal (currently the building of the National Historical Museum) in Rio de Janeiro. Births 6 February – Alberto Cavalcanti, film director and producer (died 1982) 30 April – Humberto Mauro, film director (died 1983)Drew, William M. Humberto Mauro (1897–1983). Accessed 8 December 2013 7 June – Lampião, banditChandler, Billy Jaynes (1978). The Bandit King: Lampião of Brazil. Texas A&M University Press. 0-89096-194-8. (died 1938) 20 September – Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, politician (died 1967) 4 November – Oscar Lorenzo Fernández, composer (died 1948) Deaths 1 January – Adolfo Caminha, Naturalist novelist (born 1867; tuberculosis)Caminha's biography https://web.archive.org/web/20070528032752/http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/portal/FBN/biografias/adolfo_caminha/index.shtml 28 May 2007 pt 4 March – Antônio Moreira César, army colonel, killed in action 22 September – Antônio Conselheiro, religious leader, preacher, and founder of the village of Canudos (born 1830; dysentery)CUNHA, Euclides da. Rebellion in the Backlands. Transl. Samuel Putnam. Chicago: Phoenix Books, 1944 13 November – Francisco de Paula Ney, poet and journalist (born 1858) References 1897 in Category:1890s in Brazil Category:Years of the 19th century in Brazil Brazil Brazil