1871 in Brazil

Events from the year 1871 in Brazil.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Pedro II

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.^[1][2]

Births

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

Deaths

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