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1906 in Brazil
Years 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908
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First Brazilian Republic
Year of Constitution: 1891

Events in the year 1906 in Brazil.

Incumbents

President: Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (till 14 November); Afonso Pena (from 15 November)
Vice President: Afonso Pena (till 14 November); Nilo Peçanha (from 15 November)

Alagoas: Antônio Máximo da Cunha Rego (till 12 June); Euclid Vieira Malta (from 12 June)
Amazonas: Antônio Constantino Néri
Bahia: José Marcelino de Sousa
Ceará: Antônio Nogueira Accioli
Goiás: Miguel da Rocha Lima
Maranhão: Manuel Lopes da Cunha (till 1 March); Benedito Pereira Leite (from 1 March)
Mato Grosso: Antônio Pais de Barros, then Pedro Leite Osório
Minas Gerais: Francisco Salles (till 7 September); João Pinheiro da Silva (from 7 September)
Pará: Augusto Montenegro
Paraíba: Valfredo Leal
Paraná: Vicente Machado da Silva Lima; João Cândido Ferreira
Pernambuco: Sigismundo Antônio Gonçalves
Piauí: Álvaro de Assis Osório Mendes
Rio Grande do Norte: Augusto Tavares Lira (till 5 November); Manuel Moreira Dias (from 5 November)
Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros
Santa Catarina:
São Paulo:
Sergipe:

21 January: The Brazilian battleship Aquidabã sinks, after its powder magazines explode near the Jacuacanga strait, in Angra dos Reis bay. A total of 212 people are killed, including three admirals and most of the ship's officers; 98 survive.^[1]

1 March: In the presidential election, Afonso Pena of the Mineiro Republican Party receives 97.9% of the vote.^[2]

5 May: The Treaty of Limits between Brazil and the Netherlands is signed in Rio de Janeiro, establishing the international boundary between Brazil and the Dutch colony of Suriname.^[3]

23 October: An aeroplane of Alberto Santos-Dumont takes off at Bagatelle in France and flies 60 meters (200 feet). This is the first officially recorded powered flight in Europe.^[4]

9 November: The Brazilian Flag Anthem ("Hino à Bandeira Nacional"), with lyrics by Olavo Bilac and music by Francisco Braga, is performed for the first time.
15 November: Afonso Pena becomes the sixth president of Brazil.^[5]

^ "Warship Blown Up, 212 Lost" (PDF). The New York Times. 23 January 1906. p. 1. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3, p230
^ Surya P. Sharma (1997). Territorial Acquisition, Disputes and International Law. (M. Nijhoff Publishers: The Hague, ISBN 90-411-0362-7)
^ Gibbs-Smith, Charles H. "Hops and Flights: A roll call of early powered take-offs." Flight, Volume 75, Issue 2619, 3 April 1959, p. 469. Retrieved: 24 August 2013.
^ Amérique du Sud: Au Brésil (página 2 do único caderno), Le Figaro (16 de novembro de 1906).
^ COUTINHO, Afrânio; SOUSA, J. Galante de. Enciclopédia da Literatura Brasileira. São Paulo: Global

v t e 1906 in South America
Sovereign states	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela
Dependencies and other territories	Falkland Islands French Guiana <span style="white-space:normal;">South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</span>