Genealogy Petroucic » Domingos Olímpio Braga Cavalcanti (1850-1906)

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Marido de Adelaide Cavalcanti e Anna Augusta Braga Torres Cavalcanti

Escritor, jornalista, advogado e diplomata.

Nomeia a logradouros em Fortaleza, no Ceará, e na Ilha de Paquetá, no Rio de Janeiro.

Ajudou a criar o Teatro São João , em Sobral no Ceará. Patrono de cadeira da Academia Cearense de Letras.Autor do romance "Luzia Homem", publicado em 1904, um dos clássicos romances realistas da literatura em língua portuguesa, um dos primeiros a retratar o drama da sêca, no Nordeste do Brasil, (1877), o feminismo, o assédio moral e sexual sobre as trabalhadoras, e as migrações de populações flageladas, que inspirou, livremente, o roteiro de um filme, com o mesmo título.

Formado em Direito, no Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. Retornou a Sobral onde nasceu, onde foi promotor de justiça, e ajudou a criar o Teatro São João. Mudou-se, por diferenças políticas com a família Accioly, para Belém do Pará, onde se elegeu Deputado Provincial e trabalhou, como jornalista.

Nova mudança para o Rio, onde trabalhou como diplomata, secretariando o Barão do Rio Branco, em missão a Washington, onde se decidiu os limites geográficos do Brasil com a França (Estado do Amapá e Guiana Francesa), quando nasceram seus filhos (minha avó) Martha, e (meu tio avô) Baby.

Fundou e dirigiu o periódico "Os Annaes", em que publicou, na Editora do mesmo nome, como novela a obra acima e outras, além de artigos em que colaboraram Evaristo de Moraes, Dionísio Cerqueira, Coelho Netto e muitos outros. Deixou numerosa descendência.

Advogou para vários clientes, entre eles o Estado do Amazonas as Loterias do Rio de Janeiro. Morreu jovem, está sepultado no cemitério S. João Batista, no Rio.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Domingos Olímpio Braga Cavalcanti

José de Hollanda Cavalcanti
1809-1877
Ana Francisca do Carmo
> 1809-????

Domingos Olímpio Braga Cavalcanti
1850-1906


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Historical events

Birthday September 18, 1850

  • The temperature on September 18, 1850 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1850: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • February 2 » Brigham Young declares war on Timpanogos in the Battle at Fort Utah.
    • March 7 » Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war.
    • May 15 » The Arana–Southern Treaty is ratified, ending "the existing differences" between Great Britain and Argentina.
    • June 19 » Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden–Norway.
    • July 9 » U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies after eating raw fruit and iced milk; he is succeeded in office by Vice President Millard Fillmore.
    • September 9 » The Compromise of 1850 transfers a third of Texas's claimed territory (now parts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wyoming) to federal control in return for the U.S. federal government assuming $10 million of Texas's pre-annexation debt.

Day of death October 5, 1906

  • The temperature on October 5, 1906 was between 10.1 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • March 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
    • April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
    • April 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
    • September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
    • September 12 » The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
    • September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.


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