1895 in Brazil

Events in the year 1895 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Prudente de Morais
• Vice-President: Manuel Vitorino

Governors

• Alagoas: Manuel Gomes Ribeiro (until 16 July), Jose Vieira Peixoto (starting 16 July)
• Amazonas: Eduardo Gonçalves Ribeiro
• Bahia: Rodrigues Lima
• Ceará: Antônio Nogueira Accioli
• Goiás:
  • until 16 July: José Inácio Xavier de Brito
  • 16 July – 18 July: Antônio Caiado
  • from 18 July: Francisco Leopoldo Rodrigues Jardim
• Maranhão:
  • until 2 February: Casimiro Vieira Jr
  • 2 February – 13 August: Manuel Belfort Vieira
  • 13 August – 16 December: Casimiro Vieira Jr
  • from 16 December: Alfredo Martins
• Mato Grosso: Manuel José Murtinho
• Minas Gerais: Bias Fortes
• Pará: Lauro Sodré
• Paraíba: Álvaro Lopes Machado
• Paraná: Francisco Xavier da Silva
• Pernambuco: Alexandre José Barbosa Lima
• Piauí: Coriolano de Carvalho e Silva
• Rio Grande do Norte: Pedro de Albuquerque Maranhão
• Rio Grande do Sul: Júlio Prates de Castilhos
• Santa Catarina:
• São Paulo:
• Sergipe:

Vice governors

• Rio de Janeiro:
• Rio Grande do Norte:
• São Paulo:

Events

• 24 June – Battle of Campo Osório
• 23 August – A peace treaty is signed in Pelotas, bringing an end to the Federalist Revolution.
• 5 November – Japan establishes diplomatic relations with Brazil.[1][2]

Births

June

• 14 June: Silvio Lagreca, football manager (died 1966)
• 29 June: João Cabanas, soldier involved in the tenentismo movement (died 1974)[3]

July

• 26 July: Cassiano Ricardo, journalist, literary critic, and poet (died 1974)[4]

October

• 31 October: Oswaldo Goeldi, artist (died 1961)

Deaths

• 24 June – Luís Filipe de Saldanha da Gama, rebel admiral^[citation needed]
• 29 July – Floriano Peixoto, 2nd President of Brazil (born 1839)[5]
• 25 December – Raul Pompeia, novelist (born 1863)[6][7]

References

1. Kodansha encyclopedia of Japan, 1983
2. Prince Akishino, Princess Kiko meet with Japanese immigrants in Brazil, The Japan Times, published on 6 November 2015.
3. "Cabanas, João" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 August 2022.
4. Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean literature, 1900–2003 by Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez
5. Floriano Vierira Peixoto (in Portuguese)
6. Alfredo Bosi (1994). História concisa da literatura brasileira. Editora Cultrix. p. 183. ISBN 978-85-316-0189-7.
7. Raul Pompéia (1999). O Ateneu. Atelie Editorial. p. 36. ISBN 978-85-85851-59-0.