Events in the year 1907 in Brazil.
Incumbents Federal government President: Afonso Pena Vice President: Nilo Peçanha
Governors Alagoas: Euclid Vieira Malta Amazonas: Antônio Constantino Néri Bahia: José Marcelino de Sousa Ceará: Antônio Nogueira Accioli Goiás: Miguel da Rocha Lima Maranhão: Benedito Pereira Leite Mato Grosso: Pedro Leite Osório, then Generoso Pais Leme de Sousa Ponce Minas Gerais: João Pinheiro da Silva Pará: Augusto Montenegro Paraíba: Valfredo Leal Paraná: João Cândido Ferreira, Joaquim Monteiro de Carvalho e Silva Pernambuco: Sigismundo Antônio Gonçalves Piauí: Álvaro de Assis Osório Mendes (until 5 December); Areolino Antônio de Abreu (from 5 December) Rio Grande do Norte: Manuel Moreira Dias (until 23 February); Antonio José de Melo e Sousa (from 23 February) Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros Santa Catarina: São Paulo: Sergipe:
Vice governors Rio Grande do Norte: São Paulo:
Events 7 January - Three new battleships on which construction work is in progress are scrapped as a result of changes to the Brazilian government's requirements. 20 February - The Brazilian government approves the design for its new battleships.Topliss, David. "The Brazilian Dreadnoughts, 1904–1914." Warship International 25, no. 3 (1988): p 246. 20 April - Brazil annexed land in the East from Colombia through the Vásquez Cobo–Martins treaty. 30 April - The keel of Brazil's latest dreadnought battleship "São Paulo" is laid down at the Vickers shipyard, Barrow-in-Furness, UK."E São Paulo," Navios De Guerra Brasileiros. date unknown Construction of the Madeira-Mamoré Railroad begins, linking the cities of Porto Velho and Guajará-Mirim. The first Brazilian diplomats are officially accredited by the government of Costa Rica.
Arts and culture Olavo Bilac is elected the "Prince of Brazilian Poets" by the magazine Fon-Fon.Bilac's biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
Births 29 January - Clóvis Graciano, artist (died 1988) 9 February - Victor Civita, Italian-Brazilian journalist and publisher, in New York, USA (died 1990)"Victor Civita" - bio , Grupo Abril website, retrieved July 19, 2011 29 March - Braguinha, composer (died 2006) 4 April - Otávio Fantoni, soccer player (died 1935) 18 April - Manoel de Castro Villas Bôas, entrepreneur, writer and journalist (d. 1979) 22 May - Luiz Gervazoni, footballer (died 1963) 12 June - José Reis, scientist and journalist (died 2002) 3 August - Ernesto Geisel, military leader and politician (died 1996) 15 December - Oscar Niemeyer, architect (died 2012)
Deaths 1 October - Geraldo Ribeiro de Sousa Resende, Baron Geraldo of Resende, aristocrat, farmer and politician (born 1847)Smith, Warney. Barão Geraldo, A Luta pela Autonomia (1920–1980). Centro de Memória da Unicamp, 1996.
See also 1907 in Brazilian football
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