1901 in Brazil

Events in the year 1901 in Brazil.

Federal government

 * President: Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales
 * Vice President: Francisco de Assis Rosa e Silva

Governors

 * Alagoas: Euclides Vieira Malta
 * Amazonas: Silvério José Néri
 * Bahia: Severino Vieira
 * Ceará: Pedro Augusto Borges
 * Goiás:
 * until June 10: Urbano Coelho de Gouveia
 * June 10 - August 12: Bernardo Albernaz
 * from August 12: José Xavier de Almeida
 * Maranhão: João Gualberto Torreão da Costa
 * Mato Grosso: Antônio Pedro Alves de Barros
 * Minas Gerais: Silviano Brandão
 * Pará:
 * until February 1: Pais de Carvalho
 * from February 1: Augusto Montenegro
 * Paraíba: José Peregrino de Araújo
 * Paraná: Francisco Xavier da Silva
 * Pernambuco: Antônio Gonçalves Ferreira
 * Piauí: Arlindo Francisco Nogueira
 * Rio Grande do Norte: Alberto Maranhão
 * Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros
 * Santa Catarina:
 * São Paulo:
 * Sergipe:

Vice governors

 * Rio Grande do Norte:
 * São Paulo:

Events

 * 23 February - The Instituto Butantan is launched by biomedical scientist Vital Brazil.
 * 24 February - The Expointer agricultural show is launched in Porto Alegre.
 * 5 June - The Correio da Manhã newspaper is published for the first time.
 * 19 October - Aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont wins the Deutsch de la Meurthe prize with a flight that rounds the Eiffel Tower,

Births

 * 22 April - Adhemar de Barros, politician (died 1969)
 * 25 May - Antônio Castilho de Alcântara Machado, journalist, politician and writer (died 1935)
 * 11 June - José Maria Alkmin, politician (died 1974)
 * August 1 - Pedro Aleixo, Vice President 1967-1969, de jure President Aug-Oct 1969 (died 1975)
 * 9 September - Agostinho Fortes Filho, footballer (died 1966)

Deaths

 * 13 March - Princess Januária of Brazil (born 1822)
 * 15 December - Elias Álvares Lobo, composer (born 1834)