1917 in Brazil

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See also:	Other events of 1917 Timeline of Brazilian history

Events in the year 1917 in Brazil.

Incumbents

• President: Venceslau Brás
• Vice President: Urbano Santos da Costa Araújo

Events

• 5 April - The steamship Paraná, loaded with coffee and travelling in accordance with the demands made on neutral countries, is torpedoed by a German submarine; three Brazilians are killed.
• 11 April - Brazil breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany.
• 7 May - Foreign Minister Lauro Müller is obliged to resign because of his German origins.
• 20 May - the ship Tijuca is torpedoed near the French coast by a German submarine. *27 July - The steamer Lapa Brazil is hit by three torpedoes from a German submarine.
• 23 October - The Brazilian freighter Macau, one of the vessels seized in the course of the war, was torpedoed by the German submarine SM U-93 near the coast of Spain, and the captain taken prisoner.
• 26 October - World War I: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.^[1]
• 1 November - A mob damages German property in Petropolis, including the restaurant Brahma (completely destroyed), the Gesellschaft Germania, the German school, the company Arp, and the German Journal.
• 4 November - Acari Guaíba and another ship are torpedoed by the same German submarine, SM U-151.

Births

• 9 January - Otto Glória, football coach (died 1986)
• 21 February - Luz del Fuego, ballerina, naturist and feminist (as Dora Vivacqua; died 1967)^[2]
• 17 April - Roberto de Oliveira Campos, economist, writer and politician (died 2001)^[3]
• 5 May - Dalva de Oliveira, singer (died 1972)
• 2 September - Laurindo Almeida, guitarist and composer (died 1995)
• 30 September - Chacrinha, comedian, radio and TV personality (died 1988)

Deaths

• 22 October - Manuel Lopes Rodrigues, artist (born 1860)

References

1. Faria, Ivan Rodrigues de. "Participação do Brasil na Primeira Guerra Mundial" (Portuguese) ('Brazil's participation in World War I') Brazilian Army Journal, Rio - DPHCEx, 1996 (Page 67)
2. "Luz del Fuego". O Estado de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Grupo Estado. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
3. "Roberto Campos: Biografia" (in Portuguese). Academia Brasileira de Letras.