Events in the year 1901 in Brazil.
Incumbents Federal government President: Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales Vice President: Francisco de Assis Rosa e Silva
Governors Alagoas: Euclides Vieira Malta Amazonas: Silvério José Néri Bahia: Severino Vieira Ceará: Pedro Augusto Borges Goiás: until June 10: Urbano Coelho de Gouveia June 10 - August 12: Bernardo Albernaz from August 12: José Xavier de Almeida Maranhão: João Gualberto Torreão da Costa Mato Grosso: Antônio Pedro Alves de Barros Minas Gerais: Silviano Brandão Pará: until February 1: Pais de Carvalho from February 1: Augusto Montenegro Paraíba: José Peregrino de Araújo Paraná: Francisco Xavier da Silva Pernambuco: Antônio Gonçalves Ferreira Piauí: Arlindo Francisco Nogueira Rio Grande do Norte: Alberto Maranhão Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros Santa Catarina: São Paulo: Sergipe:
Vice governors Rio Grande do Norte: São Paulo:
Events 23 February - The Instituto Butantan is launched by biomedical scientist Vital Brazil. 24 February - The Expointer agricultural show is launched in Porto Alegre. 5 June - The Correio da Manhã newspaper is published for the first time. 19 October - Aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont wins the Deutsch de la Meurthe prize with a flight that rounds the Eiffel Tower,"M. Santos Dumont Rounds Eiffel Tower." The New York Times, 20 October 1901. Retrieved: 12 January 2009.
Births 22 April - Adhemar de Barros, politician (died 1969) 25 May - Antônio Castilho de Alcântara Machado, journalist, politician and writer (died 1935)Antônio de Alcântara Machado Novelas paulistanas -1999 Page 6 "Bibliografia sobre António de Alcântara Machado : Amado, Jorge. Mana Maria. In: Boletim de Ariel. Rio de Janeiro, V/11, agosto 1936, pp. 292-293. Andrade, Mário de. O túmulo na neblina. In: António de Alcântara Machado. Em memória" 11 June - José Maria Alkmin, politician (died 1974) August 1 - Pedro Aleixo, Vice President 1967–1969, de jure President Aug-Oct 1969 (died 1975) 9 September - Agostinho Fortes Filho, footballer (died 1966)
Deaths 13 March - Princess Januária of Brazil (born 1822) 15 December - Elias Álvares Lobo, composer (born 1834)
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