1898 in Brazil

Events in the year 1898 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President:
  • Prudente de Morais (until 14 November)
  • Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (starting 15 November)
• Vice-President:
  • Manuel Vitorino, (until 14 November)
  • Francisco de Assis Rosa e Silva (starting 15 November)

Governors

• Alagoas: Manuel Jose Duarte
• Amazonas: Fileto Pires Ferreira (until 4 April), José Cardoso Ramalho Júnior (starting 4 April)
• Bahia: Luís Viana
• Ceará: Antônio Nogueira Accioli
• Goiás:
  • until July 9: Francisco Leopoldo Rodrigues Jardim
  • July 9 - November 1: Bernardo Albernaz
  • from November 1: Urbano Coelho de Gouveia
• Maranhão:
  • until 1 March: Alfredo Martins
  • 1 March - 11 August: José de Magalhães Braga
  • from 11 August: João Gualberto Torreão da Costa
• Mato Grosso: Manuel José Murtinho, then Antônio Correia da Costa
• Minas Gerais:
  • until 7 September: Bias Fortes
  • from 7 September: Silviano Brandão
• Pará: 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:
  • until 25 January: Júlio Prates de Castilhos
  • from 25 January: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros
• Santa Catarina: Hercilio Luz (until 28 September), Philip Schmidt (starting 28 September)
• São Paulo: Francis of Assisi Peixoto Gomide (until 10 November), Fernando Prestes de Albuquerque (starting 10 November)
• Sergipe:

Vice governors

• List of Vice Governors of Rio Grande do Norte [pt]: Meira and Sá
• List of Vice Governors of São Paulo [pt]: Peixoto Gomide

Events

• 1 March - In the presidential election, Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales of the Republican Party of São Paulo, is successful, with 90.9% of the vote,^[1] replacing incumbent president Prudente de Morais who, because of ill-health, had already delegated most of his presidential duties to Vice President Manuel Vitorino.

Births

• 3 January - Luís Carlos Prestes, politician (died 1990)
• 14 January - Juarez Távora (died 1975)
• 14 February - Angela Bambace, labor union organizer (died 1975)^[2]
• 6 March - Eugênia Álvaro Moreyra, journalist, actress and theater director (died 1948)
• 4 October - João Fahrion, painter, engraver, draughtsman and illustrator (died 1970)
• 28 November - Tyrteu Rocha Vianna, avant-garde poet (died 1963)^[3]
• 30 December - Luís da Câmara Cascudo, anthropologist, folklorist, journalist, historian, lawyer, and lexicographer (died 1986)

Deaths

• 27 March - Princess Francisca of Brazil, the Princess of Joinville, daughter of Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil (born 1824)^[4]
• 9 April - André Rebouças, military engineer, abolitionist and inventor (born 1838)^[5]