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1888 In Brazil
Events in the year 1888 in Brazil. Incumbents *Monarch: Pedro II *Prime Minister: João Alfredo Correia de Oliveira Events *May 7 – The bill to abolish slavery is presented in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies. *May 13 – Princess Isabel signs the Lei Áurea (Golden Law), which abolishes slavery in Brazil. Births *September 3 – Nereu Ramos, 20th president of Brazil (died 1958) *December 29 – Gustavo Barroso, lawyer and politician (died 1957) Deaths *January 17 – Robert Reid Kalley, Scottish missionary who introduced Presbyterian to Brazil (born 1809) *August 18 – Franklin Távora, lawyer and politician (born 1842) References {{South America topic, 1888 in 1880s in Brazil Years of the 19th century in Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
December 29
Events Pre-1600 * 1170 – Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church. * 1503 – The Battle of Garigliano was fought between a Spanish army under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba and a French army commanded by Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo. 1601–1900 * 1607 – According to John Smith, Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan leader Wahunsenacawh, successfully pleads for his life after tribal leaders attempt to execute him. *1778 – American Revolutionary War: British forces under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell defeat American forces under Major General Robert Howe and capture the port city of Savannah, Georgia. * 1812 – , under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures off the coast of Brazil after a three-hour battle. * 1835 – The Treaty of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Years Of The 19th Century In Brazil
A year is a unit of time based on how long it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun. In scientific use, the tropical year (approximately 365 solar days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 45 seconds) and the sidereal year (about 20 minutes longer) are more exact. The modern calendar year, as reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar, approximates the tropical year by using a system of leap years. The term 'year' is also used to indicate other periods of roughly similar duration, such as the lunar year (a roughly 354-day cycle of twelve of the Moon's phasessee lunar calendar), as well as periods loosely associated with the calendar or astronomical year, such as the seasonal year, the fiscal year, the academic year, etc. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by changes in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are generally reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1880s In Brazil
Year 188 (CLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in the Roman Empire as the Year of the Consulship of Fuscianus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 941 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 188 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Publius Helvius Pertinax becomes pro-consul of Africa from 188 to 189. Japan * Queen Himiko (or Shingi Waō) begins her reign in Japan (until 248). Births * April 4 – Caracalla (or Antoninus), Roman emperor (d. 217) * Lu Ji (or Gongji), Chinese official and politician (d. 219) * Sun Shao, Chinese general of the Eastern Wu state (d. 241) Deaths * March 17 – Julian, pope and patriarch of Alexandria * Fa Zhen (or Gaoqing), Chinese scholar (b. AD 100) * Lucius Antistius Burrus, Roman politician (executed) * Ma Xiang, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1888 In Brazil
Events in the year 1888 in Brazil. Incumbents *Monarch: Pedro II *Prime Minister: João Alfredo Correia de Oliveira Events *May 7 – The bill to abolish slavery is presented in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies. *May 13 – Princess Isabel signs the Lei Áurea (Golden Law), which abolishes slavery in Brazil. Births *September 3 – Nereu Ramos, 20th president of Brazil (died 1958) *December 29 – Gustavo Barroso, lawyer and politician (died 1957) Deaths *January 17 – Robert Reid Kalley, Scottish missionary who introduced Presbyterian to Brazil (born 1809) *August 18 – Franklin Távora, lawyer and politician (born 1842) References {{South America topic, 1888 in 1880s in Brazil Years of the 19th century in Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1842 In Brazil
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Events in the year 1842 in Brazil. Incumbents Monarch: Pedro II Events Births Deaths References 1840s in Brazil Years of the 19th century in Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin Távora
João Franklin da Silveira Távora (January 13, 1842 – August 18, 1888) was a Brazilian novelist, journalist, politician, lawyer and dramatist, famous for his Regionalist romance '' O Cabeleira'', set in 18th-century Pernambuco. He wrote under the pen names Semprônio and Farisvest. He is patron of the 14th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Life João Franklin da Silveira Távora was born in the city of Baturité, Ceará, to Camilo Henrique da Silveira Távora and Maria de Santana da Silveira. He made his primary studies in Fortaleza. He moved with his parents to Pernambuco in 1854, ingressing at Law course in Recife, graduating in 1863. In 1874, he moves to Rio de Janeiro, writing for journals ''A Consciência Livre'' and ''A Verdade''. Along with Nicolau Midosi, he founded the ''Revista Brasileira'', which lasted from 1879 to 1881. He polemized with José de Alencar's idealist Romanticism. He also founded the Associação dos Homens de Letras and was a member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August 18
Events Pre-1600 * 684 – Battle of Marj Rahit: Umayyad partisans defeat the supporters of Ibn al-Zubayr and cement Umayyad control of Syria. * 707 – Princess Abe accedes to the imperial Japanese throne as Empress Genmei. * 1304 – The Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle is fought to a draw between the French army and the Flemish militias. * 1487 – The Siege of Málaga ends with the taking of the city by Castilian and Aragonese forces. *1492 – The first grammar of the Spanish language (''Gramática de la lengua castellana'') is presented to Queen Isabella I. * 1572 – The Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre marries the Catholic Margaret of Valois, ostensibly to reconcile the feuding Protestants and Catholics of France. * 1590 – John White, the governor of the Roanoke Colony, returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted. 1601–1900 * 1612 – The trial of the Pendle witches, one of England's most famous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1809 In Scotland
Events from the year 1809 in Scotland. Incumbents Law officers * Lord Advocate – Archibald Colquhoun * Solicitor General for Scotland – David Boyle Judiciary * Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Avontoun * Lord Justice General – The Duke of Montrose * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Granton Events * – the General Association of Operative Weavers is formed. * May – a construction railway at the site of Bell Rock Lighthouse is completed. * August – Crinan Canal declared "finally complete". * 16 August – Meikle Ferry disaster: An overloaded ferry crossing the Dornoch Firth to Tain market sinks, drowning 99. * November – Thomas Telford certifies completion of his Dunkeld– Birnam bridge. His bridges at Ballater and Conon Bridge are also completed this year. * 11 November – the North British and Mercantile Insurance company commences business as a fire insurance office in Edinburgh. * 9 December – the '' Dumfries Courier'' is e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Reid Kalley
Robert Reid Kalley (September 1809 – 17 January 1888) was a Scottish physician and Presbyterian, later Congregationalist, missionary notable for his efforts to spread Presbyterian views in Portuguese-speaking territories and as the introducer of Protestantism in Portugal at a time when the only religion allowed to the Portuguese citizens was Roman Catholicism. Biography Kalley was born on 8 September 1809 at 13 Trongate in Glasgow, the son of Robert Kalley, a tea merchant. His father died when he was young. His mother remarried but then died herself, so he was raised by his stepfather. He attended Glasgow Grammar School. From 1823 he studied Arts at Glasgow University. From 1826 to 1829 he then studied Medicine, graduating MB ChB in Pharmacy and Surgery. He then worked as a ship's doctor in the Bombay area and as a General practitioner in the Kilmarnock area before gaining his doctorate (MD) in 1838. Kalley first went to Madeira Island in 1838 with his wife Margaret Crawford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
January 17
Events Pre-1600 * 38 BC – Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey. * 1362 – Saint Marcellus' flood kills at least 25,000 people on the shores of the North Sea. * 1377 – Pope Gregory XI reaches Rome, after deciding to move the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon. * 1524 – Giovanni da Verrazzano sets sail westward from Madeira to find a sea route to the Pacific Ocean. * 1562 – France grants religious toleration to the Huguenots in the Edict of Saint-Germain. * 1595 – During the French Wars of Religion, Henry IV of France declares war on Spain. 1601–1900 * 1608 – Emperor Susenyos I of Ethiopia surprises an Oromo army at Ebenat; his army reportedly kills 12,000 Oromo at the cost of 400 of his men. * 1641 – Reapers' War: The Junta de Braços (parliamentary assembly) of the Principality of Catalonia accepts the proposal o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 In Brazil
Events in the year 1957 in Brazil. Incumbents Federal government * President: Juscelino Kubitschek * Vice President: João Goulart Governors * Alagoas: ** Sebastião Muniz Falcão (until 15 September) ** Sizenando Nabuco de Melo (from 15 September) * Amazonas: Plínio Ramos Coelho * Bahia: Antônio Balbino * Ceará: Paulo Sarasate * Espírito Santo: Francisco Lacerda de Aguiar * Goiás: José Ludovico de Almeida * Maranhão: ** Eurico Ribeiro (until 9 July) ** José de Matos Carvalho (from 9 July) * Mato Grosso: João Ponce de Arruda * Minas Gerais: José Francisco Bias Fortes * Pará: Magalhães Barata * Paraíba: Flávio Coutinho * Paraná: Moisés Lupion * Pernambuco: Osvaldo Cordeiro de Farias * Piauí: Jacob Gaioso e Almendra * Rio de Janeiro: Miguel Couto Filho * Rio Grande do Norte: Dinarte de Medeiros Mariz * Rio Grande do Sul: Ildo Meneghetti * Santa Catarina: Jorge Lacerda * São Pau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
