Events in the year 1914 in Brazil.
Incumbents Federal government President: Marshal Hermes da Fonseca (until 14 November); Venceslau Brás (from 15 November) Vice President: Venceslau Brás (until 14 November); Urbano Santos da Costa Araújo (from 15 November)
Governors Alagoas: Clodoaldo da Fonseca Amazonas: Jônatas de Freitas Pedrosa Bahia: José Joaquim Seabra Ceará: till 14 March: Marcos Franco Rabelo 15 March - 14 June: Fernando Setembrino de Carvalho from 14 June: Benjamin Liberato Barroso Goiás: until 6 July: Olegário Herculano da Silva Pinto from 6 July: Salatiel Simões de Lima Maranhão: till 1 March: Luís Antônio Domingues da Silva 1 March - 26 April: Afonso Gifwning de Matos from 26 April: Herculano Nina Parga Mato Grosso: Joaquim Augusto da Costa Marques Minas Gerais: till 7 September: Júlio Bueno Brandão from 7 September: Delfim Moreira Pará: Enéas Martins Paraíba: João Castro Pinto Paraná: Carlos Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Pernambuco: Emídio Dantas Barreto Piaui: Miguel de Paiva Rosa Rio Grande do Norte: Joaquim Ferreira Chaves Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros Santa Catarina: São Paulo: Sergipe:
Vice governors Rio Grande do Norte: São Paulo:
Events 1 January at 12:00 a.m. Local Mean Time States and territories now observe the four standard time zones, moving clocks forward or backward by a few minutes and seconds according to the then civil time by law since 18 June, 1913. 1 March - In the presidential election, incumbent Vice-President Venceslau Brás, of the Mineiro Republican Party, receives 91.6% of the vote.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, . p 230 20 May - Brazil participates in the Niagara Falls peace conference, in at attempt to avoid war between the United States and Mexico. 8 June - The Brazilian Football Confederation is founded, with Álvaro Zamith as its first president. The Brazilian Olympic Committee is founded on the same day. 14 September - The British Royal Navy auxiliary cruiser fought the German off Trindade in the Battle of Trindade. Carmania sank Cap Trafalgar, but sustained severe damage herself. 15 November - Venceslau Brás is sworn in as Brazil's ninth president.O novo governo (página 1 do único caderno), O Paiz (16 de novembro de 1914). Ano XXX, n° 10997.
Births 14 March - Abdias do Nascimento, Afro-Brazilian scholar, artist, and politician (died 2011) 18 May - Cacilda Borges Barbosa, pianist, conductor and composer (died 2010)Antonio, Irati (1994). "Barbosa, Cacilda Campos Borges". In Julie Anne Sadie and Rhian Samuel. The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Woman Composers (1st American ed.). The Macmillan Press Limited (London); W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. (New York). p. 35. . 26 May - Sister Dulce, Catholic Franciscan Sister (died 1992) 29 May - José Eugênio Corrêa, Bishop of Caratinga 1957-1978 (died 2010) 6 July - Otto Bumbel, football player and manager (died 1992) 14 July - Marcelo Damy, physicist (died 2009)
Deaths 18 June - Sílvio Romero, Condorist" poet, essayist, literary critic, professor and journalist (born 1851)Romero's biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters 12 November - Augusto dos Anjos, poet and academic (born 1884;pneumonia)
See also 1914 in Brazilian football
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