1888 in Brazil

Events in the year 1888 in Brazil.

Incumbents

May 7 – The bill to abolish slavery is presented in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies.^[2]
May 13 – Princess Isabel signs the Lei Áurea (Golden Law), which abolishes slavery in Brazil.^[3]^[4]^[5]

January 17 – Robert Reid Kalley, Scottish missionary who introduced Presbyterian to Brazil (born 1809)^[8]
August 18 – Franklin Távora, lawyer and politician (born 1842)

^ "Pedro II - emperor of Brazil". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
^ A abolição (página 1 do único caderno), O Paiz (9 de maio de 1888). Ano V, n° 1311.
^ Teresa A. Meade, A Brief History of Brazil (2009), p. 83.
^ Robert M. Levine, The History of Brazil (2003), p. 68.
^ A abolição (página 1 do único caderno), O Paiz (14 de maio de 1888). Ano V, n° 1316.
^ British Documents on Foreign Affairs: Latin America, January 1950-December 1950. University Publications of America. 2003. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-55655-767-5.
^ Waldemiro Potsch (1960). Brazil, Land and People. Fundação Alfredo Herculano Xavier Potsch. p. 280.
^ David Dobson (2003). Scots in Latin America. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-8063-5202-2.