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1871 in Brazil
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Year of Constitution: 1824

Events from the year 1871 in Brazil.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Pedro II
• Prime Minister:
  • Marquis of São Vicente (until 7 March)
  • Viscount of Rio Branco (starting 7 March)

Events

• September 28 - Law of Free Birth, or Rio Branco Law, passed by Brazilian Parliament, intending to provide freedom to all newborn children of slaves, and slaves of the state or crown.

Births

• August 27 - José Monteiro Ribeiro Junqueira [pt], politician from Minas Gerais (died 1946)
• September 12 - Mário Alves Monteiro Tourinho [pt], general (died 1964)

Deaths

• February 7 - Princess Leopoldina of Brazil, daughter of Pedro II
• July 6 - Castro Alves, poet
• August 11 -Marcos Antônio Brício [pt], politician (born 1800)
• August 25 - José de Aquino Pinheiro, colonel of the Brazilian National Guard
• November 22 - Francisco Antônio Rocha Pita e Argolo [pt], baron and viscount (born 1831)

References

1. Teresa A. Meade, A Brief History of Brazil (2009), p. 83.
2. Robert M. Levine, The History of Brazil (2003), p. 68.

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