Euclides Da Cunha - Timeline

Timeline

• January 20, 1866, Euclides da Cunha was born in Cantagalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he lived until he was three years old.
• 1886 – Attended Escola Militar da Praia Vermelha, a military school in Rio.
• 1888 – Expelled from the military school, due to his participation in an act of protest during a visit of the Brazilian War Minister, Tomás Coelho, who was a member of the last Conservative cabinet of the Brazilian Empire.
• 1889 – Admitted again to the Escola Militar.
• 1891 – Admitted to the Brazilian War School (Escola de Guerra).
• 1896 – Discharged from the Army in order to dedicate himself to studying civil engineering.
• 1897 – Accompanied the Army in the Campanha de Canudos, against a rebellious group of peasants under the leadership of Antonio Conselheiro. Between 7 August and 1 October, he was in the Sertão ("backland"), as war correspondent for the O Estado de São Paulo newspaper.
• 1903 – Elected to the Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Academy of Letters).
• 1903 – Established the Instituto Histórico e Geográfico, the Historical and Geographic Institute
• 1909 – Admitted as chairman and professor of Logic at the Colégio Pedro II, a public secondary school in Rio.
• August 15, 1909 – Tries to kill a young Army lieutenant, who was the lover of his wife, but he shoots back in self defense and thus Euclides da Cunha is killed.