1916 in Brazil

Events in the year 1916 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Alagoas: João Batista Accioli Jr.
Amazonas: Jônatas de Freitas Pedrosa
Bahia: José Joaquim Seabra, then Antônio Ferrão Muniz de Aragão
Ceará:
- till 12 July: Benjamin Liberato Barroso
- from 12 July: João Tomé de Sabóia e Silva
Goiás:
- till 6 May: Joaquim Rufino Ramos Jubé
- 6 May - October 13: Salatiel Simões de Lima
- from October 13: Aprígio José de Sousa
Maranhão: Herculano Nina Parga^[1]
Mato Grosso: Caetano Manuel de Faria e Albuquerque
Minas Gerais: Delfim Moreira^[2]
Pará: Enéas Martins
Paraíba:
- till 1 July: Antônio da Silva Pessoa
- 1 July - 22 October: Sólon Barbosa de Lucena
- from 22 October: Francisco Camilo de Holanda
Paraná:
- Carlos Cavalcanti de Albuquerque
- Afonso Camargo
Pernambuco: Manuel Antônio Pereira Borba
Piauí:
- till 1 July: Miguel de Paiva Rosa
- from 1 July: Eurípedes Clementino de Aguiar
Rio Grande do Norte: Joaquim Ferreira Chaves
Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros
Santa Catarina:
São Paulo: Rodrigues Alves (until 1 May); Altino Arantes Marques (from 1 May)
Sergipe:

5 March - The liner Príncipe de Asturias runs aground in fog on the shoals out of Ponta do Boi, in the island of Sao Sebastião, while trying to approach the port of Santos. At least 445 people out of the 588 aboard are killed.^[3]
3 May - Brazilian merchant ship Rio Branco is sunk by a German submarine. Because the ship is in restricted waters and registered under the British flag, and most of its crew is Norwegian, it is not considered an illegal attack by the Brazilian government, despite public protests.
August
- Brazilian Naval Aviation is established, in preparation for the country's participation in the First World War.^[4]
- The capture of rebel leader Deodato Manuel Ramos ("Adeodato") marks the effective end of the Contestado War.