Events in the year 1899 in Brazil.
Incumbents Federal government President: Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales Vice President: Francisco de Assis Rosa e Silva
Governors List of governors of Alagoas: Manuel Jose Duarte (until 17 June), Francisco Manuel dos Santos (starting 17 June) Amazonas: José Cardoso Ramalho Júnior Bahia: Luís Viana Ceará: Antônio Nogueira Accioli : Urbano Coelho de Gouveia Maranhão: João Gualberto Torreão da Costa Mato Grosso: Antônio Cesário de Figueiredo (until 4 July); João Pedro Xavier Câmara; Antônio Leite de Figueiredo; Antônio Pedro Alves de Barros (from 15 August) Minas Gerais: Silviano Brandão : Pais de Carvalho : Antônio Alfredo Mello Paraná: Santos Andrade; then José Bernardino Bormann; then Santos Andrade : Joaquim Correia de Araújo (until 4 April); Sigismundo Antônio Gonçalves (from 4 April) : Raimundo Artur de Vasconcelos Rio Grande do Norte: Joaquim Ferreira Chaves Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros : Lista de Governadores de São Paulo:
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Events January 2 January: Bolivia sets up a customs office in Puerto Alonso, leading to the Brazilian settlers there to declare the Republic of Acre in a revolt against Bolivian authorities. May 13 May: Esporte Clube Vitória is founded in Salvador, Bahia.Vitória Official Website (in Portuguese) July 14 July: Luis Gálvez Rodríguez de Arias proclaims the First Republic of Acre, breaching the terms of the Treaty of Ayacucho between Brazil and Bolivia."New Republic Founded: The Evolution of a South American No Man's Land," Philadelphia Inquirer, Nov 12, 1899, p 7 16 July: Roberto Landell de Moura performs the first public demonstration of his Wave Transmitter. August 26 August: Campo Grande, the current capital of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, is founded.
Literature Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis - Dom Casmurro
Births 1 January - Nonô (footballer) (died 1931) 3 February - Café Filho, politician (died 1970) 16 June - Dante Milano, modernist poet (died 1991) 19 June - Antonio dos Reis Carneiro, basketball administrator (date of death unknown) 3 October - Artur da Costa e Silva, President 1967-1969 (died 1969) 23 November - Manuel dos Reis Machado, master practitioner of capoeira (died 1974)
Deaths 25 January - Alfredo Maria Adriano d'Escragnolle Taunay, Viscount of Taunay, writer, musician, professor, military engineer, historian and politician (born 1843) 13 November - Almeida Júnior, painter (born 1850; murdered)
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