1889 in Brazil

Events in the year 1889 in Brazil.

Incumbents[]

Monarch – Emperor Pedro II (until 15 November)
Prime Minister – João Alfredo Correia de Oliveira (until 7 June); Afonso Celso, Viscount of Ouro Preto (from 7 June to 15 November), none (from 15 November)
President – Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca (de facto, from 15 November)
Vice-President – none

3 May – The Cabinet of João Alfredo Correia de Oliveira loses a vote of no confidence.
7 June – Afonso Celso de Assis Figuereido, Viscount of Ouro Preto, is appointed to replace Correia de Oliveira as prime minister.^[1]
July – Emperor Dom Pedro II travels to Minas Gerais, demonstrating both that he is still actively engaged in government and the depth of support for the monarchy in the province.^[2]^[3]
11 November – Republicans meet at the home of Rui Barbosa to plan a coup. The chief organizers are Benjamin Constant, Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca, Quintino Bocaiúva and .
15 November – A coup d'état institutes the First Brazilian Republic.^[4]^[5]^[6]
17 November – Emperor Dom Pedro II and his family are sent into exile in Europe.^[7]
19 November – A new national flag, devised by Raimundo Teixeira Mendes, is adopted by the republic.
24 December – The former royal family receive official notice that they will never be allowed to return to Brazil.

2 December – Anita Malfatti, artist (d. 1964)^[8]
unknown date – José Maria de Santo Agostinho, mystic (d. 1912)^{[citation needed]}

29 March – Teófilo Dias, poet, journalist and lawyer (b. 1854)^[9]
26 June – Tobias Barreto, poet, philosopher, jurist and critic (b. 1839)^[10]
28 June – Francisco Otaviano, poet, lawyer, diplomat, journalist and politician (b. 1825)
21 October – Irineu Evangelista de Sousa, Viscount of Mauá, entrepreneur, industrialist, banker and politician (b. 1813)
28 December – Empress Teresa Cristina, wife of Emperor Dom Pedro II (b. 1822)^[11]

^ Carvalho, José Murilo de (2007). D. Pedro II: ser ou não ser (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Companhia das Letras. p. 205. ISBN 978-85-359-0969-2.
^ Barman, Roderick J. (1999). Citizen Emperor: Pedro II and the Making of Brazil, 1825–1891. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-3510-0.
^ Calmon, Pedro (1975). História de D. Pedro II (in Portuguese). 1–5. Rio de Janeiro: José Olímpio. p. 352.
^ Barman, Roderick J. (1999). Citizen Emperor: Pedro II and the Making of Brazil, 1825–1891. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-3510-0.
^ Calmon, Pedro (1975). História de D. Pedro II (in Portuguese). 1–5. Rio de Janeiro: José Olímpio.
^ Lira, Heitor (1977). História de Dom Pedro II (1825–1891): Declínio (1880–1891) (in Portuguese). 3. Belo Horizonte: Itatiaia.
^ Carvalho, José Murilo de (2007). D. Pedro II: ser ou não ser (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Companhia das Letras. p. 220. ISBN 978-85-359-0969-2.
^ Barbara A. Tenenbaum (1996). Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture. Scribner. p. 500. ISBN 978-0-684-19253-6.
^ Teófilo Dias' biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (in Portuguese)
^ Tobias Barreto's biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (in Portuguese)
^ Barman, Roderick J. (1999). Citizen Emperor: Pedro II and the Making of Brazil, 1825–1891. Stanford: Stanford University Press. p. 371. ISBN 978-0-8047-3510-0.

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