1908 in Brazil

← 1907 1906 1905 1908 in Brazil → 1909 1910 1911
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
See also:	Other events of 1908 Timeline of Brazilian history

Events in the year 1908 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Afonso Pena, President

Nilo Peçanha, Vice President

• President: Afonso Pena
• Vice President: Nilo Peçanha

Events

• 23 May - Jerônimo de Sousa Monteiro becomes the 13th president (governor) of the state of Espirito Santo.
• 2 July - The Argentina national football team begins a tour of Brazil, winning six and drawing one of the seven friendly games played in 13 days.
• 30 October - Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará, renounces his claim on the Brazilian throne in order to marry Countess Elisabeth Dobržensky de Dobrženicz.^[1]

Births

• 3 February - Dulcina de Moraes, stage actress and director (died 1996)
• 12 February - Olga Benário Prestes, German-Brazilian communist militant (in Munich;^[2] died 1942)
• 27 June - João Guimarães Rosa, novelist (died 1967)
• 14 September - Maria Luisa Monteiro da Cunha, librarian (died 1980)
• 25 October - Blessed Adílio Daronch, student
• 28 November - Vitorino de Brito Freire, politician (died 1977)^[3]
• 13 December - Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, Catholic intellectual and politician (died 1995)

Deaths

• 29 September - Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, novelist, poet, playwright, short story writer, and monarchist (born 1839)^[4]
• 22 October - Artur Azevedo, dramatist, short story writer, chronicler, journalist and poet of the Parnassian school (born 1855)^[5]

References

1. <BARMAN, Roderick J., Princesa Isabel do Brasil: gênero e poder no século XIX, UNESP, 2005
3. Buzar, Benedito (December 11, 2008). "100 anos de Vitorino Freire" (PDF). Diário da Assembleia (in Portuguese). Assembleia Legislativa do Estado do Maranhão. pp. 33–36.
4. Scarano, Júlia Maria Leonor. Grandes Personagens da Nossa História. São Paulo: Abril Cultural, 1969. (Portuguese)
5. Biography of Artur Azevedo (Portuguese)