1897 in Brazil

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Prudente de Morais
• Vice-President: Manuel Vitorino

  Governors

• :pt:Lista de governadores de Alagoas|Alagoas:
• Amazonas:
• Bahia:
• Ceará:
• :pt:Lista de governadores de Goiás|Goiás:
• Maranhão:
• Mato Grosso:
• Minas Gerais:
• :pt:Lista de governadores do Pará|Pará:
• :pt:Lista de governadores da Paraíba|Paraíba:
• Paraná:
• :pt:Lista de governadores de Pernambuco|Pernambuco:
• :pt:Lista de governadores do Piauí|Piauí:
• Rio Grande do Norte:
• Rio Grande do Sul:
• :pt:Lista de governadores de Santa Catarina|Santa Catarina:
• São Paulo:
• :pt:Lista de governadores de Sergipe|Sergipe:

  Vice governors

• :pt:Lista de vice-governadores do Rio Grande do Norte|Rio Grande do Norte:
• :pt:Lista de vice-governadores de São Paulo|São Paulo:

  Events

• 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.

  Births

• 6 February - Alberto Cavalcanti, film director and producer
• 30 April - Humberto Mauro, film director
• 7 June - Lampião, bandit
• 20 September - Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, politician
• 4 November - Oscar Lorenzo Fernández, composer

  Deaths

• 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