1896 in Brazil

Events in the year 1896 in Brazil.

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)