1902 in Brazil

Events in the year 1902 in Brazil.

Incumbents Federal government President: Campos Sales (to 14 November) Rodrigues Alves (from 15 November) Vice President: Francisco de Assis Rosa e Silva (to 14 November) Afonso Pena (from 15 November)

Governors Alagoas: Euclides Vieira Malta Amazonas: Silvério José Néri Bahia: Severino Vieira Ceará: Antônio Nogueira Accioli Goiás: José Xavier de Almeida Maranhão: until 1 March: João Gualberto Torreão da Costa from 1 March: Manuel Lopes da Cunha Mato Grosso: Antônio Pedro Alves de Barros Minas Gerais: until 21 February: Silviano Brandão 21 February - 7 September: Joaquim Cândido da Costa Sena from 7 September: Francisco Salles Pará: 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: Felipe Schmidt (until 28 September); Lauro Müller São Paulo: Sergipe:

Vice governors Rio Grande do Norte: São Paulo:

Events 1 March - Presidential election: Rodrigues Alves of the Republican Party of São Paulo receives 91.7% of the vote.Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 , p229 Francisco Silviano de Almeida Brandão is elected vice-president but dies suddenly before the start of his term of office. 26 March – The Prinetti Decree is approved by the Italian General Commissariat of Emigration suspending emigration to Brazil of all Italians not paying their own passage. The decree was named after the then Italian foreign affairs minister, Giulio Prinetti, and approved based on a report denouncing the terrible living conditions experienced by Italian immigrants who had become virtual serfs on the coffee plantations in the state of São Paulo, with no medical care, no school for their children, small houses, no minimum hygiene conditions, and physical violence, even the use of whips. Trento (1989), Do outro lado do Atlântico, pp. 52-53 26 October - The first season of competitive football in Brazil concludes with a victory for São Paulo Athletic Club. 3 December - José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco, is appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs. His ten-year tenure would be the longest in the country's history.FUNAG - International Seminar Baron of Rio Branco - 100 years of memory, September 2012 . Accessed 24 March 2014

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Births 22 April - Elsie Houston, singer (died 1943) 12 September - Juscelino Kubitschek, politician (died 1976) 31 October - Carlos Drummond de Andrade, poet (died 1987) 18 December - Moacyr Siqueira de Queiroz ("Russinho"), footballer (died 1992)

Deaths 15 March - Custódio José de Melo, monarchist admiral and politician, foreign minister 1892 12 May - Augusto Severo de Albuquerque Maranhão, politician and journalist 6 July - Leopoldo Miguez, composer (born 1850) 3 September - Eduardo Wandenkolk, naval officer and politician 25 September - Silviano Brandão, vice-president electPortal de Governo de Minas Gerais (Portuguese) . Accessed 9 January 2014 9 November - Manuel Vitorino Pereira, 2nd vice-president of Brazil 3 December - Prudente de Morais, politician, President of Brazil 1894-1898 (born 1841)

References

Trento, Angelo (1989). Do outro lado do Atlântico: um século de imigração italiana no Brasil, São Paulo: Livraria Nobel

See also 1902 in Brazilian football