1883 in Brazil

Incumbents

• Monarch – Emperor Pedro II
• Prime Minister – Marquis of Paranaguá, Lafayette Rodrigues Pereira

  Events

• January 21 - Elias Augusto da Silva launches the Reformador, a revision of the Federação Espírita Brasileira.
• July 24 - Campos dos Goytacazes, in the province of Rio de Janeiro, is the first city in Brazil to have street lights.
• September 30 - Mossoró, in the province of Rio Grande do Norte, is the first city in Brazil to abolish slavery.

  Births

• May 18 - Eurico Gaspar Dutra, minister of war 1936-1945, president 1946-1951
• June 20 - Oliveira Viana, historian and jurist
• October 22 - Abílio Barreto, poet
• November 27 - Belfort Duarte, footballer

  Deaths

• April 11 - Arsênio da Silva, painter and photographer
• May 1 - Qorpo-Santo, journalist and playwright