1888 in Brazil

Events in the year 1888 in Brazil.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Emperor Pedro II
• Prime Minister – João Alfredo Correia de Oliveira

Events

• May 13 – Lei Áurea (Golden Law) abolishes slavery in Brazil.[1][2][3]

Births

• September 3 – Nereu Ramos, 20th president of Brazil (died 1958)[4]
• December 29 – Gustavo Barroso, lawyer and politician (died 1957)[5]

Deaths

• January 17 – Robert Reid Kalley, Scottish missionary who introduced Presbyterian to Brazil (born 1809)[6]
• August 18 – Franklin Távora, lawyer and politician (born 1842)

References

1. Teresa A. Meade, A Brief History of Brazil (2009), p. 83.
2. Robert M. Levine, The History of Brazil (2003), p. 68.
3. A abolição (página 1 do único caderno), O Paiz (14 de maio de 1888). Ano V, n° 1316.
4. British Documents on Foreign Affairs: Latin America, January 1950-December 1950. University Publications of America. 2003. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-55655-767-5.
5. Waldemiro Potsch (1960). Brazil, Land and People. Fundação Alfredo Herculano Xavier Potsch. p. 280.
6. David Dobson (2003). Scots in Latin America. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-8063-5202-2.