1914 in Brazil
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Events in the year 1914 in Brazil.
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Incumbents
- President: Hermes da Fonseca (until 15 November); Venceslau Brás (from 15 November)
- Vice President: Venceslau Brás (until 15 November); Urbano Santos da Costa Araújo
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Events
- 1 March - In the presidential election, incumbent Vice-President Venceslau Brás, of the Mineiro Republican Party, receives 91.6% of the vote.[1]
- 20 May - Brazil participates in the Niagara Falls peace conference, in at attempt to avoid war between the United States and Mexico.[2]
- 8 June - The Brazilian Football Confederation is founded, with Álvaro Zamith as its first president. The Brazilian Olympic Committee is founded on the same day.
Births
- 14 March - Abdias do Nascimento, Afro-Brazilian scholar, artist, and politician (died 2011)[3]
- 18 May - Cacilda Borges Barbosa, pianist, conductor and composer (died 2010)[4]
- 29 May - José Eugênio Corrêa, Bishop of Caratinga 1957-1978 (died 2010)
- 14 July - Marcelo Damy, physicist (died 2009)
Deaths
- 18 June - Sílvio Romero, Condorist" poet, essayist, literary critic, professor and journalist (born 1851)[5]
- 12 November - Augusto dos Anjos, poet and academic (born 1884;pneumonia)
References
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3. p 230
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- ↑ Antonio, Irati (1994). "Barbosa, Cacilda Campos Borges". In Julie Anne Sadie and Rhian Samuel. The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Woman Composers (1st American ed.). The Macmillan Press Limited (London); W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. (New York). p. 35. ISBN 0-393-03487-9.
- ↑ Romero's biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (Portuguese)
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