1902 in Brazil
Events in the year 1902 in Brazil.
| 1902 in Brazil | 
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| Timeline of Brazilian history | 
| First Brazilian Republic | 
| Year of Constitution: 1891 | 
Incumbents
    
    Federal government
    
- President: Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (to 14 November); Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (from 15 November)
 - Vice President: Francisco de Assis Rosa e Silva (to 14 November); Afonso Pena (from 15 November)
 
Governors
    
- Alagoas: Euclides Vieira Malta
 - Amazonas: Silvério José Néri[1]
 - Bahia: Severino Vieira
 - Ceará: Antônio Nogueira Accioli
 - Goiás: José Xavier de Almeida
 - Maranhão:
- until 1 March: João Gualberto Torreão da Costa
 - from 1 March: Manuel Lopes da Cunha
 
 - Mato Grosso: Antônio Pedro Alves de Barros
 - Minas Gerais: 
- until 21 February: Silviano Brandão
 - 21 February - 7 September: Joaquim Cândido da Costa Sena
 - from 7 September: Francisco Salles
 
 - Pará: Augusto Montenegro
 - Paraíba: José Peregrino de Araújo
 - Paraná: Francisco Xavier da Silva
 - Pernambuco: Antônio Gonçalves Ferreira
 - Piauí: Arlindo Francisco Nogueira
 - Rio Grande do Norte: Alberto Maranhão
 - Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros
 - Santa Catarina: Felipe Schmidt (until 28 September); Lauro Müller
 - São Paulo:
 - Sergipe:
 
Vice governors
    
Events
    
- 1 March - Presidential election: Rodrigues Alves of the Republican Party of São Paulo receives 91.7% of the vote.[2] Francisco Silviano de Almeida Brandão is elected vice-president but dies suddenly before the start of his term of office.
 - 26 October - The first season of competitive football in Brazil concludes with a victory for São Paulo Athletic Club.
 - 3 December - José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco, is appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs. His ten-year tenure would be the longest in the country's history.[3]
 
Literature
    
    
Births
    
- 22 April - Elsie Houston, singer (died 1943)
 - 12 September - Juscelino Kubitschek, politician (died 1976)
 - 31 October - Carlos Drummond de Andrade, poet (died 1987)
 - 18 December - Moacyr Siqueira de Queiroz ("Russinho"), footballer (died 1992)[4]
 
Deaths
    
- 15 March - Custódio José de Melo, monarchist admiral and politician, foreign minister 1892
 - 12 May - Augusto Severo de Albuquerque Maranhão, politician and journalist
 - 6 July - Leopoldo Miguez, composer (born 1850)[5]
 - 3 September - Eduardo Wandenkolk, naval officer and politician
 - 25 September - Silviano Brandão, Vice-President elect[6]
 - 9 November - Manuel Vitorino Pereira, 2nd vice-president of Brazil
 - 3 December - Prudente de Morais, politician, President of Brazil 1894-1898 (born 1841)
 
References
    
- Maria Eugenia Bertarelli (2010), NERY, Silvério José (PDF) (in Portuguese), Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil, retrieved 2016-07-10
 - Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3, p229
 - FUNAG - International Seminar Baron of Rio Branco - 100 years of memory, September 2012 Archived 2014-03-24 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 24 March 2014
 - "Idolos: R - S" (in Portuguese). Net Vasco. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
 - Brazilian Music archive
 - Portal de Governo de Minas Gerais (Portuguese) Archived 2014-01-09 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 9 January 2014
 
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