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Euclides Da CunhaEuclides of the Cunha (b. January 20, 1866 in Cantagalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - d. August 15, 1909, Rio de Janeiro), was a Brazilian writer, sociologist and engineer. Timeline - January 20, 1866, Euclides da Cunha was born in Cantagalo, then province (now state) of Rio de Janeiro, 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, Toms Coelho, who was a member of the last Conservative cabinet the Brazilian monarchy.
- 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 7th of August and 1st of October, he was in the hinterland, as war correspondent for the O Estado de So Paulo newspaper.
- 1903 - Elected to the Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Academy of Letters).
- 1903 - Established the Instituto Histrico e Geogrfico, 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 - Assassinated by a young Army lieutenant, who was the lover of his wife, in Piedade, Rio de Janeiro.
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