1896 in Brazil

Events in the year 1896 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Prudente de Morais
• Vice-President: Manuel Vitorino

Governors

• Alagoas: Jose Vieira Peixoto
• Amazonas: Eduardo Gonçalves Ribeiro (till 23 July); Fileto Pires Ferreira (from 23 July)
• Bahia: Rodrigues Lima then Luís Viana
• Ceará: Antônio Nogueira Accioli (till 12 July); Antônio Nogueira Accioli (from 12 July)
• Goiás: Francisco Leopoldo Rodrigues Jardim
• Maranhão:
  • till April 29: Alfredo Martins
  • from April 29: Casimiro Vieira Jr
• Mato Grosso: Manuel José Murtinho
• Minas Gerais: Bias Fortes
• Pará: Lauro Sodré
• Paraíba:
  • till October 22: Álvaro Lopes Machado
  • from October 22: Antônio Alfredo Mello
• Paraná:
  • Francisco Xavier da Silva
  • Santos Andrade
• Pernambuco:
  • till April 7: Alexandre José Barbosa Lima
  • from April 7: Joaquim Correia de Araújo
• Piauí:
  • till July 1: Coriolano de Carvalho e Silva
  • from July 1: Raimundo Artur de Vasconcelos
• Rio Grande do Norte:
  • till March 25: Pedro de Albuquerque Maranhão
  • from March 25: Joaquim Ferreira Chaves
• Rio Grande do Sul: Júlio Prates de Castilhos
• Santa Catarina:
• São Paulo:
• Sergipe:

Vice governors

• Rio de Janeiro:
• Rio Grande do Norte:
• São Paulo:

Events

• 4 November - The Brazilian government sends 100 men under the command of Lieutenant Manuel da Silva Pires Ferreira to intervene in the Canudos region.
• 21 November - The War of Canudos begins with an attack by the small force led by Pires Ferreira. They are fiercely counter-attacked by a band of 500 armed men; the Brazilian force retreats, after incurring severe losses and killing 150 of the attackers, many of whom are armed only with machetes, primitive lances and axes.
• Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales becomes governor of São Paulo.

Births

• 16 August - Cyro de Freitas Valle, lawyer (died 1969)
• 19 August - Alda Garrido, actress (died 1970)
• 20 September - Eduardo Gomes, politician and military figure (died 1981)
• 17 December - Gustavo Corção, Roman Catholic writer (died 1978)

Deaths

• 16 September - Antônio Carlos Gomes, composer (born 1836)