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Events in the year 1872 in Brazil.

Incumbents

January 9 - In the aftermath of the Paraguayan War, the new government of Paraguay makes peace with Brazil, granting reparations and territorial concessions.
Brazil held its first nationwide census in 1872, having a recorded population of 10 million.^[1]

August 5 - Oswaldo Cruz; bacteriologist, epidemiologist, and public health official (d. 1917)

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