1917 in Brazil
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Events in the year 1917 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
- Alagoas: João Batista Accioli Jr.
- Amazonas: Pedro de Alcântara Bacelar
- Bahia: Antônio Ferrão Muniz de Aragão
- Ceará: João Tomé de Sabóia e Silva
- Goiás:
- until 9 May: Aprígio José de Sousa
- 9 May - 14 July: Salatiel Simões de Lima
- from 14 July: João Alves de Castro
- Maranhão:
- until 20 March: Herculano Nina Parga
- from 20 March Antônio Brício de Araújo
- Mato Grosso: Caetano Manuel de Faria e Albuquerque, then Camilo Soares de Moura, then Cipriano da Costa Ferreira
- Minas Gerais: Delfim Moreira
- Pará:
- until 1 February: Enéas Martins
- from 1 February: Lauro Sodré
- Paraíba: Francisco Camilo de Holanda
- Paraná: Afonso Camargo
- Pernambuco: Manuel Antônio Pereira Borba
- Piauí: Eurípedes Clementino de Aguiar
- Rio Grande do Norte: Joaquim Ferreira Chaves
- Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros
- Santa Catarina:
- São Paulo:
- Sergipe:
Vice governors
- Rio Grande do Norte:
- São Paulo:
Events
- 5 April - The steamship Paraná, loaded with coffee and travelling in accordance with the demands made on neutral countries, is torpedoed by a German submarine; three Brazilians are killed.
- 11 April - Brazil breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany.
- 7 May - Foreign Minister Lauro Müller is obliged to resign because of his German origins.
- 20 May - The ship Tijuca is torpedoed near the French coast by a German submarine.
- 27 July - The steamer Lapa Brazil is hit by three torpedoes from a German submarine.
- 23 October - The Brazilian freighter Macau, one of the vessels seized in the course of the war, was torpedoed by the German submarine SM U-93 near the coast of Spain, and the captain taken prisoner.
- 26 October - World War I: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.[1]
- 1 November - A mob damages German property in Petropolis, including the restaurant Brahma (completely destroyed), the Gesellschaft Germania, the German school, the company Arp, and the German Journal.
- 4 November - Acari Guaíba and another ship are torpedoed by the same German submarine, SM U-151.
Births
- 9 January - Otto Glória, football coach (died 1986)
- 25 January - Jânio Quadros, 22nd President of Brazil (died 1992)[2]
- 21 February - Luz del Fuego, ballerina, naturist and feminist (as Dora Vivacqua; died 1967)[3]
- 17 April - Roberto de Oliveira Campos, economist, writer and politician (died 2001)[4]
- 5 May - Dalva de Oliveira, singer (died 1972)
- 31 May - Zilka Salaberry, actress (died 2005)[5]
- 2 September - Laurindo Almeida, guitarist and composer (died 1995)
- 30 September - Chacrinha, comedian, radio and TV personality (died 1988)
Deaths
- 11 February - Oswaldo Cruz, physician, pioneer bacteriologist, epidemiologist and public health officer (born 1872)
- 22 October - Manuel Lopes Rodrigues, artist (born 1860)
References
- ^ Faria, Ivan Rodrigues de. "Participação do Brasil na Primeira Guerra Mundial" (Portuguese) ('Brazil's participation in World War I') Brazilian Army Journal, Rio - DPHCEx, 1996 (Page 67)
- ^ "Jânio da Silva Quadros" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on July 29, 2008. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
- ^ "Luz del Fuego". O Estado de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Grupo Estado. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ "Roberto Campos: Biografia" (in Portuguese). Academia Brasileira de Letras. Archived from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ "Quem - NOTÍCIAS - Morre, aos 87 anos, atriz Zilka Salaberry". Revista Quem. Archived from the original on 2019-08-18. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
See also
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