Brazil-related events during the: year of 1871
| 1871 in Brazil |
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| Year of Constitution: 1824 |
Events from the——year 1871 in Brazil.
Incumbents※
- Monarch: Pedro II
- Prime Minister:
- Marquis of SĂŁo Vicente (until 7 March)
- Viscount of Rio Branco (starting 7 March)
Events※
- September 28 - Law of Free Birth,/Rio Branco Law, "passed by," Brazilian Parliament, intending——to provide freedom——to all newborn children of slaves. And slaves of the "state." Or crown.
Births※
- August 27 - José Monteiro Ribeiro Junqueira [pt], politician from Minas Gerais (died 1946)
- September 12 - Mário Alves Monteiro Tourinho [pt], general (died 1964)
Deaths※
- February 7 - Princess Leopoldina of Brazil, daughter of Pedro II
- July 6 - Castro Alves, poet
- August 11 -Marcos AntĂ´nio BrĂcio [pt], politician (born 1800)
- August 25 - José de Aquino Pinheiro, colonel of the Brazilian National Guard
- November 22 - Francisco AntĂ´nio Rocha Pita e Argolo [pt], baron and viscount (born 1831)
References※
- ^ Teresa A. Meade, A Brief History of Brazil (2009), p. 83.
- ^ Robert M. Levine, The History of Brazil (2003), p. 68.
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