Events in the year 1900 in Brazil.
Incumbents Federal government President: Campos Sales Vice President: Rosa e Silva
Governors Alagoas: Francisco Manuel dos Santos Pacheco (till 12 June); Euclides Vieira Malta (from 12 June) Amazonas: José Cardoso Ramalho Júnior (till 23 July); Silvério José Néri (from 23 July) Bahia: Luís Viana; Rodrigues Lima Ceará: Antônio Nogueira Accioli (till 12 July); Pedro Augusto Borges (from 12 July) Goiás: Urbano Coelho de Gouveia Maranhão: João Gualberto Torreão da Costa Mato Grosso: Antônio Pedro Alves de Barros Minas Gerais: Silviano Brandão Pará: Pais de Carvalho Paraíba: Antônio Alfredo Mello (till 22 October); José Peregrino de Araújo (from 22 October) Paraná: Santos Andrade; Francisco Xavier da Silva Pernambuco: Sigismundo Antônio Gonçalves (till 7 April); Antônio Gonçalves Ferreira (from 7 April) Piauí: Raimundo Artur de Vasconcelos (till 1 July); Arlindo Francisco Nogueira (from 1 July) Rio Grande do Norte: Joaquim Ferreira Chaves (till 25 March); Alberto Maranhão (from 25 March) Rio Grande do Sul: Borges de Medeiros Santa Catarina: São Paulo: Fernando Prestes de Albuquerque (till 1 May); Rodrigues Alves (from 1 May) Sergipe:
Vice governors Rio Grande do Norte: São Paulo:
Events 30 January - Luis Gálvez Rodríguez de Arias is restored to the governorship of Acre.Márcio Souza, Galvez – Imperador do Acre (1976) 15 March - The Brazilian government sends troops to arrest rebel leader Luis Gálvez Rodríguez de Arias and restore the Republic of Acre to Bolivia. 7 May - The first line of electric trams in São Paulo starts operating. 3 June - Priest and inventor Landell de Moura publicly demonstrates a radio broadcast of the human voice.Paul Elliman, "Voices falling through the air", Journal of Conservation & Museum Studies. Accessed 22 December 2013 11 August - The football club Associação Atlética Ponte Preta is founded. November - An attempt is made to create a Second Acre Republic with Rodrigo de Carvalho as president; it fails."Acre Seeks Recognition: New South American Republic Sends a Minister to This Country," The New York Times, Nov 24, 1900, p 1 1 September - Number of deaths from "Plague" in Rio decreases and the outbreak is limited to the city. 24 December - The Brazilians are defeated by the Bolivian military, who dissolve the Republic of Acre.
Literature Joaquim Nabuco – Minha formação (autobiography)
Music Heitor Villa-Lobos – Panqueca
Births 25 February – Madame Satã, drag performer and capoeirista (died 1976) 15 March – Gilberto Freyre, sociologist, anthropologist, historian, writer, painter, journalist and congressman (died 1987) 11 April – Teóphilo Bettencourt Pereira, footballer (died 1988) 19 April – Iracema de Alencar, actress (died 1978) 4 June – Alfredo Le Pera, journalist, dramatist and lyricist (died 1935) 11 July – Filinto Müller, military-associated politician (died 1973) Filinto Müller Biography at CPDOC FGV 9 October – Ismael Nery, artist (died 1934)
Deaths 18 May - Karl von Kraatz-Koschlau, German geologist (born 1867; yellow fever)Museu Paraense de História Natural e Ethnography date unknown - Soto Grimshaw, Argentine explorer of the Amazon region of Brazil (born 1833)
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