1902 in Brazil

Events in the year 1902 in Brazil.

Federal government

 * President:
 * Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (to 14 November)
 * Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (from 15 November)
 * Vice President:
 * Francisco de Assis Rosa e Silva (to 14 November)
 * Afonso Pena (from 15 November)

Governors

 * Alagoas: Euclides Vieira Malta
 * Amazonas: Silvério José Néri
 * Bahia: Severino Vieira
 * Ceará: Antônio Nogueira Accioli
 * Goiás: José Xavier de Almeida
 * Maranhão:
 * until 1 March: João Gualberto Torreão da Costa
 * from 1 March: Manuel Lopes da Cunha
 * Mato Grosso: Antônio Pedro Alves de Barros
 * Minas Gerais:
 * until 21 February: Silviano Brandão
 * 21 February - 7 September: Joaquim Cândido da Costa Sena
 * from 7 September: Francisco Salles
 * Pará: 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: Felipe Schmidt (until 28 September); Lauro Müller
 * São Paulo:
 * Sergipe:

Vice governors

 * Rio Grande do Norte:
 * São Paulo:

Events

 * 1 March - Presidential election: Rodrigues Alves of the Republican Party of São Paulo receives 91.7% of the vote. Francisco Silviano de Almeida Brandão is elected vice-president but dies suddenly before the start of his term of office.
 * 26 October - The first season of competitive football in Brazil concludes with a victory for São Paulo Athletic Club.
 * 3 December - José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco, is appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs. His ten-year tenure would be the longest in the country's history.

Literature

 * Euclides da Cunha - Os Sertões

Births

 * 22 April - Elsie Houston, singer (died 1943)
 * 12 September - Juscelino Kubitschek, politician (died 1976)
 * 31 October - Carlos Drummond de Andrade, poet (died 1987)
 * 18 December - Moacyr Siqueira de Queiroz ("Russinho"), footballer (died 1992)

Deaths

 * 15 March - Custódio José de Melo, monarchist admiral and politician, foreign minister 1892
 * 12 May - Augusto Severo de Albuquerque Maranhão, politician and journalist
 * 6 July - Leopoldo Miguez, composer (born 1850)
 * 3 September - Eduardo Wandenkolk, naval officer and politician
 * 25 September - Silviano Brandão, Vice-President elect
 * 9 November - Manuel Vitorino Pereira, 2nd vice-president of Brazil
 * 3 December - Prudente de Morais, politician, President of Brazil 1894-1898 (born 1841)