1907 in Brazil

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Events in the year 1907 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

Governors

Vice governors

Events

  • 7 January - Three new battleships on which construction work is in progress are scrapped as a result of changes to the Brazilian government's requirements.
  • 20 February - The Brazilian government approves the design for its new battleships.[1]
  • 20 April - Brazil annexed land in the East from Colombia through the Vásquez Cobo–Martins treaty.
  • 30 April - The keel of Brazil's latest dreadnought battleship "São Paulo" is laid down at the Vickers shipyard, Barrow-in-Furness, UK.[2]
  • date unknown
    • Construction of the Madeira-Mamoré Railroad begins, linking the cities of Porto Velho and Guajará-Mirim.[3]
    • The first Brazilian diplomats are officially accredited by the government of Costa Rica.

Arts and culture

  • Olavo Bilac is elected the "Prince of Brazilian Poets" by the magazine Fon-Fon.[4]

Births

Deaths

See also

References

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