Euclides (sometimes spelled Euclydes) da 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, Tomás 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 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 - Assassinated by a young Army lieutenant, who was the lover of his wife, in Piedade, Rio de Janeiro.

Works

• 1902 Os Sertões (Rebellion in the Backlands)
• 1907 Contrastes e confrontos , lit. Contrasts and Confrontations
• 1907 Peru versus Bolívia
• 1939 Canudos, diário de uma expedição - news articles published in the periodical O Estado de São Paulo
• 1967 Canudos e inéditos - news articles published by the periodical O Estado de São Paulo