1909 in Brazil
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The following lists events that happened during 1909 in the Republic of the United States of Brazil.
Incumbents
- President: Afonso Pena (until 14 June); Nilo Peçanha (starting 14 June)
- Vice President: Nilo Peçanha
Events
Paulista FC, founded 17 May 1909
- 20 January - Brazil's new cruiser, Bahia, is launched.[1]
- 19 April - Brazil's new battleship, São Paulo, is launched at Barrow-in-Furness, UK, by Regis de Oliveira, the wife of Brazil's minister to Great Britain.
- 17 May - The football club Paulista Futebol Clube is founded.
Births
- 21 February - Mário Wallace Simonsen, businessman (died 1965)
- 4 August - Roberto Burle Marx, landscape architect (died 1994)[2]
- 13 September - Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza, claimant to the abolished imperial throne of Brazil (in France; died 1981).[3]
- 26 September - Geraldo de Proença Sigaud, Archbishop of Diamantina 1960-1980 (died 1999)
- 21 November - Octacílio Pinheiro Guerra, footballer (died 1967)
Deaths
- 6 March - João Barbosa Rodrigues, botanist and engineer (born 1842)
- 14 June - Afonso Pena, lawyer and politician, President of Brazil (born 1847)[4]
- 15 August - Euclides da Cunha, journalist, sociologist and engineer (born 1866)
- 27 November - Prince Luigi, Count of Roccaguglielma, son of Princess Januária of Brazil (born 1845)
References
- ↑ R.B. Haworth, "6103832 [Bahia]" (subscription required), Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
- ↑ Eliovson, Sima (1991). The gardens of Roberto Burle Marx. Harry N. Abrams. p. 21. ISBN 0810933578. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
- ↑ Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh, ed. (1977). Burke's Royal Families of the World, Volume 1: Europe & Latin America. London: Burke's Peerage. ISBN 0-85011-023-8. p 43
- ↑ Afonso Pena - BrasilEscola (Portuguese)
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