1906 in Brazil

Events in the year 1906 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Francisco de Paula 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.^[1]

March

• 1 March: In the presidential election, Afonso Pena of the Mineiro Republican Party receives 97.9% of the vote.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

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)^[6]