1897 in Brazil

Events in the year 1897 in Brazil.

Incumbents

6 January – An expeditionary force, consisting of 557 soldiers and officers under the command of Major Febrônio de Brito, who attacks the well-defended village of Canudos. The troops are eventually forced to retreat when confronted with more than 4,000 insurrectionists.
7 August – Euclides da Cunha goes to the sertão, as war correspondent for O Estado de S. Paulo.
2 October – the War of Canudos comes to a brutal end, when a large Brazilian army force overruns the village and kills nearly all the inhabitants.
12 October – The city of Belo Horizonte is created and its construction is completely successfully.
5 November – President Prudente de Morais suffers an assassination attempt during a ceremony at the War Arsenal in Rio de Janeiro.

1 January – Adolfo Caminha, Naturalist novelist
4 March – Antônio Moreira César, army colonel, killed in action
22 September – Antônio Conselheiro, religious leader, preacher, and founder of the village of Canudos
13 November – Francisco de Paula Ney, poet and journalist