1902 in Brazil explained

Events in the year 1902 in Brazil.

Incumbents

- Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (to 14 November)
- Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (from 15 November)
Vice President

Alagoas: Euclides Vieira Malta
Amazonas: Silvério José Néri
Bahia: Severino Vieira
Ceará: Antônio Nogueira Accioli
Goiás: José Xavier de Almeida
Maranhão:
- until 1 March: João Gualberto Torreão da Costa
- from 1 March: Manuel Lopes da Cunha
Mato Grosso: Antônio Pedro Alves de Barros
Minas Gerais:
- until 21 February: Silviano Brandão
- 21 February - 7 September: Joaquim Cândido da Costa Sena
- from 7 September: Francisco Salles
Pará: Augusto Montenegro
Paraíba: José Peregrino de Araújo
Paraná: Francisco Xavier da Silva
Pernambuco: Antônio Gonçalves Ferreira
Piauí: Arlindo Francisco Nogueira
Rio Grande do Norte: Alberto Maranhão
Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros
Santa Catarina: Felipe Schmidt (until 28 September); Lauro Müller
São Paulo:
Sergipe:

1 March - Presidential election: Rodrigues Alves of the Republican Party of São Paulo receives 91.7% of the vote.^[1] Francisco Silviano de Almeida Brandão is elected vice-president but dies suddenly before the start of his term of office.
26 October - The first season of competitive football in Brazil concludes with a victory for São Paulo Athletic Club.
3 December - José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco, is appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs. His ten-year tenure would be the longest in the country's history.^[2]

22 April - Elsie Houston, singer (died 1943)
12 September - Juscelino Kubitschek, politician (died 1976)
31 October - Carlos Drummond de Andrade, poet (died 1987)
18 December - Moacyr Siqueira de Queiroz ("Russinho"), footballer (died 1992)^[3]

15 March - Custódio José de Melo, monarchist admiral and politician, foreign minister 1892
12 May - Augusto Severo de Albuquerque Maranhão, politician and journalist
6 July - Leopoldo Miguez, composer (born 1850)^[4]
3 September - Eduardo Wandenkolk, naval officer and politician
25 September - Silviano Brandão, Vice-President elect^[5]
9 November - Manuel Vitorino Pereira, 2nd vice-president of Brazil
3 December - Prudente de Morais, politician, President of Brazil 1894-1898 (born 1841)