The Portuguese capitania of Nova Lusitania was established in 1535. It was renamed
Pernambuco in 1575. (1)
It became a province of the independent Empire of Brazil in 1822.
(1) The capitania also included future Alagoas (until 1817), future Ceará (until
1799) and since 1700 also the island of Fernando de Noronha, which remained
part of the Pernambuco until 1877 when it became a separate territory.
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CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Presidents of the Province of Pernambuco
Presidentes da Província de Pernambuco
1845 - 1848 Antonio Pinto Chichorro de Gama (2) 1800 - 1887
1848 Manoel de Souza Teixeira* (2x)
1848 Vicente Pires da Motta 1779 - 1882
1848 Herculano Ferreira Penna
1848 - 1849 Manoel Vieira Tosta 1807 - 1896
1849 - 1850 Honorio Hermeto Carneiro Leão 1801 - 1856
1850 - 1851 José Ildefonso de Souza Ramos 1812 - 1883
1851 - 1852 Victor de Oliveira
1852 - 1853 Francisco Antonio Ribeiro
1853 - 1856 José Bento da Cunha e Figueiredo 1808 - 1891
1856 - 1857 Sergio Teixeira de Macedo
1857 Joaquim Pires Machado Portella*
1857 - 1858 Benvenuto Augusto de Magalhaes Taques
1858 - 1859 Manoel Felizardo de Souza e Mello*
1859 José Antonio Saraiva
1859 Pedro Francisco de Paula Cavalcanti de
Albuquerque, Barão de Camaragibe 1806 - 1875
1859 - 1860 Luiz Barbalho Moniz Fiuza
1860 - 1861 Ambrosio Leitão da Cunha 182. - 1898
1861 - 1862 Antonio Marcellino Nunes Gonçalves 1823 - 1899
1862 Joaquim Pires Machado Portella*(2x)
1862 Manoel Francisco Correia
1862 - 1864 José Silveira de Souza
1864 Domingos de Souza Leão 1818 -1879
1864 - 1865 Anselmo Francisco Peretti
1865 Antonio Borges Leal Castillo Branco
1865 Manuel Thomaz Rodrigues Campello,
Barão do Rio Formoso* 1801 -
1865 - 1866 João Lustosa da Cunha Paranaguá 1821 - 1912
1866 Manoel Clementino Carneiro da Cunha
1866 - 1867 Francisco de Paula Silveira Lobo 1826 - 1886
1867 - 1868 Domingos de Souza Leão, Barão de Vila
Bela (2x)
1868 Quintino José de Miranda* 1... - 1891
1868 Francisco de Assis Pereira Rocha*
1868 - 1869 Braz Carneiro Nogueira da Costa e Gama,
Conde de Baependy 1812 - 1887
1869 Manoel do Nascimento Machado Portella*
1869 - 1870 Francisco de Almeida e Albuquerque
1870 Francisco de Assis Pereira Rocha* (2x)
1870 - 1871 Diego Velho Cavalcânti de Albuquerque
1871 Manoel do Nascimento Machado Portella* (2x)
1871 - 1872 João José de Oliveira Junqueira 1832 - 1887
1872 Francisco de Faria Lemos* 1828 - 1904
1872 - 1875 Henrique Pereira de Lucena 1835 - 1913
1875 - 1876 João Pedro Carvalho de Moraes
1876 - 1877 Manoel Clementino Carneiro da Cunha
1877 - 1878 Francisco de Assis Oliveira Maciel
1878 Adelino Antônio de Luna Freire*
1878 - 1879 Adolpho de Barros Cavalcânti de Lacerda
1879 Adelino Antônio de Luna Freire* (2x)
1879 - 1880 Lourenço Cavalcânti de Albuquerque 1824 - 1918
1880 Adelino Antônio de Luna Freire* (3x)
1880 - 1881 Franklin Américo de Menezes Dória 1836 - 1906
1881 José Antônio de Souza Lima
1881 - 1882 Antônio Epaminondas de Barros Correia* 1839 - 1905
1882 José Liberato Barroso
1882 Antônio Epaminondas de Barros Correia* (2x)
1882 - 1883 Francisco Maria Sodré Pereira 1858 - 1903
1883 Antônio Epaminondas de Barros Correia* (3x)
1883 - 1884 José Manoel de Freitas
1884 - 1885 Sancho de Barros Pimentel 1849 - 1924
1885 Augusto de Souza Leão* 1830 - 1898
1885 João Rodrigues Chaves
1885 - 1886 José Fernandes da Costa Pereira Júnior
1886 Ignacio Joaquim de Souza Leão*
1886 - 1887 Pedro Vicente de Azevedo 1843 - 1912
1887 Ignacio Joaquim de Souza Leão* (2x)
1887 - 1888 Manoel Euphrasio Correia 1839 - 1888
1888 Ignacio Joaquim de Souza Leão* (3x)
1888 - 1889 Joaquim José de Oliveira Andrade
1889 Inocêncio Marques de Araújo Góis, Barão
de Araújo Góis 1809 - 1897
1889 Ignacio Joaquim de Souza Leão* (4x)
1889 Augusto de Souza Leão, Barão de Caiará* (2x)
1889 Manoel Alves de Araújo
(2) The Praia Revolution of 1848 - 1849 in Pernambuco
The Paraia revolution of 1848 - so named after the Praia street in Recife,
where the liberal newspaper Diário Novo had its redaction office, was the
last major liberal revolt of the imperial period.
It was inspired by the revolutionary events of early 1848 in Europe and
started in Nov 1848 when the liberal president of Pernambuco Antonio Pinto
Chichorro de Gama was deposed by the imperial government.
The revolutionaries - led by Joaquim Nunes Machado (1809 - 1849), Antônio
Borges da Fonseca (1808 - 1864) and Capt. Pedro Ivo Veloso da Silveira
(1... - 1852) - at first had some success, forcing president Herculano
Ferreira Penna to leave office.
But in early 1849 his successor Manoel Vieira Tosta defeated them, some
groups continuing however the struggle until the surrender of Veloso da
Silveira in 1850.
BRAZILIAN STATE OF PERNAMBUCO
In 1889 Pernambuco became an original state of the new Brazilian Republic.
It was selfgoverning, except for the periods 1930 - 1935 and 1937 - 1946 when the
central government imposed direct rule. (3)
(3) The island of Fernando de Noronha was once again part of the state from
1891 to 1942, when it again became a separate territory.
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CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Presidents
Presidentes
1889 Col. José Cerqueira de Aguiar Lima* 1828 - 1898
1889 - 1890 Brig. José Simão de Oliveira
1890 Albino Gonçalves Meira* 1850 - 1908
1890 Ambrósio Machado da Cunha Cavalcânti
1890 Henrique Pereira de Lucena (Barão de
Lucena) 1835 - 1913
1890 - 1891 José Antônio Corrêa da Silva
1891 José Maria de Albuquerque Mello*
1891 - 1892 Antônio Epaminondas de Barros Correia,
(Barão de Contendas)* 1839 - 1905
1892 Ambrósio Machado da Cunha Cavalcânti* (2x)
1892 - 1896 Alexandre José Barbosa Lima 1862 - 1931
1896 - 1899 Joaquim Correia de Araújo
1899 - 1900 Segismundo Antônio Gonçalves* 1845 - 1915
1900 - 1904 Antônio Gonçalves Ferreira 1864 - 1930
1904 - 1908 Segismundo Antônio Gonçalves (2x)
1908 - 1911 Herculano Bandeira de Melo 1850 - 1916
1911 Estácio de Albuquerque Coimbra* 1872 - 1937
1911 João da Costa Bezerra de Carvalho*
1911 - 1915 Emygdio Dantas Barreto 1850 - 1931
1915 - 1919 Manoel Antônio Pereira Borba 1864 - 1928
1919 José Henrique Carneiro da Cunha*
1919 - 1920 José Rufino Bezerra Cavalcânti 1865 - 1920
1920 - 1921 Otávio Hamilton Tavares Barreto*
1921 - 1922 Severino Marques de Queiroz Pinheiro*
1922 - 1926 Sérgio Teixeira Lins de Barros Loreto 1870 - 1937
1926 Júlio de Melo*
1926 - 1927 Estácio de Albuquerque Coimbra (2x)
1927 - 1928 Júlio de Melo* (2x)
1928 - 1929 Júlio Celso de Albuquerque Belo*
1929 - 1930 Estácio de Albuquerque Coimbra (3x)
1930 Júlio Celso de Albuquerque Belo* (2x)
Federal Interventor
Interventor Federal
1930 - 1935 Carlos de Lima Cavalcânti 1892 - 1967
Governors
Governadores
1935 Antônio Vicente de Andrade Bezerra* 1889 -
1935 - 1937 Carlos de Lima Cavalcânti s.a.
Federal Interventors
Interventores Federais
1937 Amaro de Azambuja Vilanova 1879 -
1937 - 1945 Agamenon Sérgio Godoy de Magalhães 1893 - 1952
1945 Etelvino Lins de Albuquerque 1908 - 1980
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