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Deodoro da Fonseca
Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca (; 5 August 1827 – 23 August 1892) was a Brazilian politician and military officer who served as the first President of Brazil. He took office after heading a military coup that deposed Emperor Pedro II and proclaimed the Republic in 1889, disestablishing the Empire, and stepped down little more than two years later, in 1891, under great political pressure. He is therefore the first Brazilian President to have resigned from office.
Biography.
Biography Early life.
Fonseca was born the
26 February – Presidential election: "De facto" President Deodoro da Fonseca is confirmed in post, gaining 55.61% of the vote.
- 3 November – President Fonseca dissolves the National Congress and declares a "state of emergency".
- 23 November
- President Fonseca resigns from office, handing the position to Floriano Peixoto.
- Exiled Emperor Pedro II appears at the French Academy of Sciences for the last time to participate in an election.
- 3 December – A sudden deterioration is noted in the