1898 in Brazil
# 1898 in Brazil

Events in the year 1898 in Brazil.

## Incumbents

### Federal government

* President: Prudente de Morais (until 14 November), Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (starting 15 November)
* Vice-President: Manuel Vitorino, (until 14 November), Francisco de Assis Rosa e Silva (starting 15 November)

### Governors

* Alagoas: Manuel Jose Duarte
* Amazonas: Fileto Pires Ferreira (until 4 April), José Cardoso Ramalho Júnior (starting 4 April)
* Bahia: Luís Viana
* Ceará: Antônio Nogueira Accioli
* Goiás:
   * until July 9: Francisco Leopoldo Rodrigues Jardim
   * July 9 - November 1: Bernardo Albernaz
   * from November 1: Urbano Coelho de Gouveia
* Maranhão:
   * until 1 March: Alfredo Martins
   * 1 March - 11 August: José de Magalhães Braga
   * from 11 August: João Gualberto Torreão da Costa
* Mato Grosso: Manuel José Murtinho, then Antônio Correia da Costa
* Minas Gerais:
   * until 7 September: Bias Fortes
   * from 7 September: Silviano Brandão
* Pará: Pais de Carvalho
* Paraíba: Antônio Alfredo Mello
* Paraná: Santos Andrade
* Pernambuco: Joaquim Correia de Araújo
* Piauí: Raimundo Artur de Vasconcelos
* Rio Grande do Norte: Joaquim Ferreira Chaves
* Rio Grande do Sul:
   * until 25 January: Júlio Prates de Castilhos
   * from 25 January: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros
* Santa Catarina: Hercilio Luz (until 28 September), Philip Schmidt (starting 28 September)
* São Paulo: Francis of Assisi Peixoto Gomide (until 10 November), Fernando Prestes de Albuquerque (starting 10 November)
* Sergipe:

### Vice governors

* List of Vice Governors of Rio Grande do Norte [pt]: Meira and Sá
* List of Vice Governors of São Paulo [pt]: Peixoto Gomide

## Events

* 1 March - In the presidential election, Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales of the Republican Party of São Paulo, is successful, with 90.9% of the vote, replacing incumbent president Prudente de Morais who, because of ill-health, had already delegated most of his presidential duties to Vice President Manuel Vitorino.

## Births

* 3 January - Luís Carlos Prestes, politician (died 1990)
* 14 January - Juarez Távora (died 1975)
* 14 February - Angela Bambace, labor union organizer (died 1975)
* 6 March - Eugênia Álvaro Moreyra, journalist, actress and theater director (died 1948)
* 4 October - João Fahrion, painter, engraver, draughtsman and illustrator (died 1970)
* 28 November - Tyrteu Rocha Vianna, avant-garde poet (died 1963)
* 30 December - Luís da Câmara Cascudo, anthropologist, folklorist, journalist, historian, lawyer, and lexicographer (died 1986)

## Deaths

* 27 March - Princess Francisca of Brazil, the Princess of Joinville, daughter of Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil (born 1824)
* 9 April - André Rebouças, military engineer, abolitionist and inventor (born 1838)
