Events in the year 1898 in Brazil.
Incumbents Federal government President: Prudente de Morais (until 14 November) Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (starting 15 November) Vice-President: Manuel Vitorino, (until 14 November) Francisco de Assis Rosa e Silva (starting 15 November)
Governors Alagoas: Manuel Jose Duarte Amazonas: Fileto Pires Ferreira (until 4 April), José Cardoso Ramalho Júnior (starting 4 April) Bahia: Luís Viana Ceará: Antônio Nogueira Accioli Goiás: until July 9: Francisco Leopoldo Rodrigues Jardim July 9 - November 1: Bernardo Albernaz from November 1: Urbano Coelho de Gouveia Maranhão: until 1 March: Alfredo Martins 1 March - 11 August: José de Magalhães Braga from 11 August: João Gualberto Torreão da Costa Mato Grosso: Manuel José Murtinho, then Antônio Correia da Costa Minas Gerais: until 7 September: Bias Fortes from 7 September: Silviano Brandão Pará: Pais de Carvalho Paraíba: Antônio Alfredo Mello Paraná: Santos Andrade Pernambuco: Joaquim Correia de Araújo Piauí: Raimundo Artur de Vasconcelos Rio Grande do Norte: Joaquim Ferreira Chaves Rio Grande do Sul: until 25 January: Júlio de Castilhos from 25 January: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros Santa Catarina: Hercílio Luz (until 28 September), Philip Schmidt (starting 28 September) São Paulo: Francis of Assisi Peixoto Gomide (until 10 November), Fernando Prestes de Albuquerque (starting 10 November) Sergipe:
Vice governors : Meira and Sá : Peixoto Gomide
Events 1 March - In the presidential election, Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales of the Republican Party of São Paulo, is successful, with 90.9% of the vote,Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 replacing incumbent president Prudente de Morais who, because of ill-health, had already delegated most of his presidential duties to Vice President Manuel Vitorino.
Births 3 January - Luís Carlos Prestes, politician (died 1990) 14 January - Juarez Távora (died 1975) 14 February - Angela Bambace, labor union organizer (died 1975) 6 March - Eugênia Álvaro Moreyra, journalist, actress and theater director (died 1948) 4 October - João Fahrion, painter, engraver, draughtsman and illustrator (died 1970) 28 November - Tyrteu Rocha Vianna, avant-garde poet (died 1963)Tyrteu Rocha Vianna poems in Spanish by Adrian'dos Delima. RIM&VIA Poesia Nova. Canoas. Rio Grande do Sul. 11/25/2010. 30 December - Luís da Câmara Cascudo, anthropologist, folklorist, journalist, historian, lawyer, and lexicographer (died 1986)
Deaths 27 March - Princess Francisca of Brazil, the Princess of Joinville, daughter of Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil (born 1824)Barman, Roderick J. (1999). Citizen Emperor: Pedro II and the Making of Brazil, 1825–1891. Stanford: Stanford University Press. . 9 April - André Rebouças, military engineer, abolitionist and inventor (born 1838)Joseph A. Page (1995), The Brazilians. Da Capo Press. .
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