Events in the year 1908 in Brazil.
Incumbents Federal government
President: Afonso Pena Vice President: Nilo Peçanha
Governors Alagoas: Euclid Vieira Malta Amazonas: Antônio Constantino Néri (till 23 July); Antônio Clemente Ribeiro Bittencourt (from 23 July) Bahia: José Marcelino de Sousa, then João Ferreira de Araújo Pinho Ceará: Antônio Nogueira Accioli (till 12 July); Antônio Nogueira Accioli (from 12 July) Goiás: Miguel da Rocha Lima Maranhão: Benedito Pereira Leite (till 25 May); Arthur Collares (from 25 May) Mato Grosso: Generoso Pais Leme de Sousa Ponce, then Pedro Celestino Corrêa da Costa Minas Gerais: João Pinheiro da Silva (till 25 October); Júlio Bueno Brandão (from 27 October) Pará: Augusto Montenegro Paraíba: Valfredo Leal (till 28 October); João Lopes Machado (from 28 October) Paraná: Joaquim Monteiro de Carvalho e Silva; Manuel de Alencar Guimarães; Francisco Xavier da Silva Pernambuco: Sigismundo Antônio Gonçalves (till 7 April); Herculano Bandeira de Melo (from 7 April) Piauí: Areolino Antônio de Abreu (till 31 March); José Lourenço de Morais e Silva (31 March - 1 July); Anísio Auto de Abreu (from 1 July) Rio Grande do Norte: Antonio José de Melo e Sousa (till 25 March); Alberto Maranhão (from 25 March) Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros (till 25 January); Carlos Barbosa Gonçalves (from 25 January) Santa Catarina: São Paulo: Sergipe:
Vice governors Rio Grande do Norte: São Paulo:
Events 23 May - Jerônimo de Sousa Monteiro becomes the 13th president (governor) of the state of Espírito Santo.
June 16 June: The Kasato Maru arrives at the Port of Santos with the first official group of Japanese immigrants to Brazil. 2 July - The Argentina national football team begins a tour of Brazil, winning six and drawing one of the seven friendly games played in 13 days. 11 August - 15 November - The Exhibition of the centenary of the opening of the Ports of Brazil was held in Urca, Rio de Janeiro. 10 September - The first Minas Geraes-class Dreadnought battleship for Brazil, Minas Geraes, is launched at Armstrong Whitworth's yard on the River Tyne in England, catalysing the "South American dreadnought race". 30 October - Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará, renounces his claim on the Brazilian throne in order to marry Countess Elisabeth Dobržensky de Dobrženicz.<BARMAN, Roderick J., Princesa Isabel do Brasil: gênero e poder no século XIX, UNESP, 2005 15 November - The emergence of Umbanda through Zélio Fernandino de Moraes.
Births 3 February - Dulcina de Moraes, stage actress and director (died 1996) 12 February - Olga Benário Prestes, German-Brazilian communist militant (in Munich; died 1942) 8 June - Inah Canabarro Lucas, supercentenarian and nun (died 2025) 27 June - João Guimarães Rosa, novelist (died 1967) 5 September - Josué de Castro, activist (died 1973) 14 September - Maria Luisa Monteiro da Cunha, librarian (died 1980) 25 October - Blessed Adílio Daronch, student (died 1924) 28 November - Vitorino de Brito Freire, politician (died 1977) 13 December - Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, Catholic intellectual and politician (died 1995)
Deaths 29 September - Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, novelist, poet, playwright, short story writer, and monarchist (born 1839)Scarano, Júlia Maria Leonor. Grandes Personagens da Nossa História. São Paulo: Abril Cultural, 1969. (Portuguese) 22 October - Artur Azevedo, dramatist, short story writer, chronicler, journalist and poet of the Parnassian school (born 1855)Biography of Artur Azevedo
References
See also 1908 in Brazilian football