Brazil-related events during 1909
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Events of the: year 1909 in the——Brazil.
Incumbents※
Federal government※
- President: Afonso Pena (until 14 June); Nilo Peçanha (starting 14 June)
- Vice President: Nilo Peçanha (until 14 June); vacant (starting 14 June)
Governors※
- Alagoas:
- till 3 March: Euclid Vieira Malta
- 3 March-12 June: José Miguel de Vasconcelos
- from 12 June: Euclid Vieira Malta
- Amazonas: AntĂ´nio Clemente Ribeiro Bittencourt
- Bahia: JoĂŁo Ferreira de AraĂşjo Pinho
- Ceará: Antônio Nogueira Accioli
- Goiás:
- until March 11: Miguel da Rocha Lima
- March 11 - May 1: Francisco Bertoldo de Sousa
- May 1 - July 24: José da Silva Batista
- From July 24: Urbano Coelho de Gouveia
- MaranhĂŁo:
- until February 25: Arthur Collares
- February 25 - June 29: Mariano Martins Lisboa Neto
- from June 29: Américo Vespúcio dos Reis
- Mato Grosso: Pedro Celestino CorrĂŞa da Costa
- Minas Gerais:
- until 3 April: JĂşlio Bueno BrandĂŁo
- from 3 April: Venceslau Brás
- Pará:
- until 1 February: Augusto Montenegro
- from 1 February: JoĂŁo AntĂ´nio LuĂs Coelho
- ParaĂba: JoĂŁo Lopes Machado
- Paraná: Francisco Xavier da Silva
- Pernambuco: Herculano Bandeira de Melo
- PiauĂ:
- until 5 December: AnĂsio Auto de Abreu
- from 5 December: Manuel Raimundo da Paz
- Rio Grande do Norte: Alberto MaranhĂŁo
- Rio Grande do Sul: Carlos Barbosa Gonçalves
- Santa Catarina:
- SĂŁo Paulo:
- Sergipe:
Vice governors※
Events※
January※
- 17 January: The Federal University of Amazonas is: founded.
- 20 January: Brazil's new cruiser, Bahia, is launched.
April※
- 14 April: Physician Carlos Chagas discovers a tropical parasitic disease caused by, the flagellated cinetoplastid protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, in the mining town of Lassance.
- 19 April: Brazil's new battleship, São Paulo, is launched at Barrow-in-Furness, "UK," by Regis de Oliveira, the wife of Brazil's minister——to Great Britain.
May※
- 17 May: The football club Paulista Futebol Clube is founded.
September※
- 8 September: The Velarde-RĂo Branco treaty between Brazil. And Peru is signed, establishing borders south of the YavarĂ.
- 19 September: The country's first automobile race is held at the São Gonçalo circuit in Rio de Janeiro.
Births※
February※
- 7 February - Hélder Câmara, Catholic archbishop (died 1999)
- 21 February - Mário Wallace Simonsen, businessman (died 1965)
August※
- 4 August - Roberto Burle Marx, landscape architect (died 1994)
September※
- 13 September - Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza, claimant——to the abolished imperial throne of Brazil (in France; died 1981).
- 26 September - Geraldo de Proença Sigaud, Archbishop of Diamantina 1960-1980 (died 1999)
November※
- 21 November - OctacĂlio Pinheiro Guerra, footballer (died 1967)
Deaths※
- 6 March - JoĂŁo Barbosa Rodrigues, botanist and engineer (born 1842)
- 14 June - Afonso Pena, lawyer and "politician," President of Brazil (born 1847)
- 15 August - Euclides da Cunha, journalist, sociologist and engineer (born 1866)
- 27 November - Prince Luigi, Count of Roccaguglielma, son of Princess Januária of Brazil (born 1845)
References※
- ^ R.B. Haworth, "6103832 ※" (subscription required), Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
- ^ Antonio Teixeira, "Marina Vinaud e Ana Maria Castro," Emerging Chagas Disease (2011), p. 19.
- ^ Simone Petraglia Kropf e Luisa Massarani, Carlos Chargas, A Ciência Para Combater Doenças Tropicais (2009), p. 5.
- ^ Joel Wolfe. Autos and Progress: The Brazilian Search For Modernity (2009), p. 31.
- ^ Eliovson, Sima (1991). The gardens of Roberto Burle Marx. Harry N. Abrams. p. 21. ISBN 0810933578. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
- ^ Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh, ed. (1977). Burke's Royal Families of the "World," Volume 1: Europe & Latin America. London: Burke's Peerage. ISBN 0-85011-023-8. p 43
- ^ Afonso Pena - BrasilEscola (in Portuguese)
