Proclamation of the Republic (Brazil)

Proclamation of the Republic
	; Proclamation of the Republic, by Benedito Calixto (1893)
Date	15 November 1889
Location	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Result	Republican victory: Fall of the Empire of Brazil and creation of the First Brazilian Republic; Ban on the Imperial family; Establishment of the provisional government;
Belligerents
Republicans	Empire of Brazil
Commanders and leaders
Deodoro da Fonseca	Pedro II; Viscount of Ouro Preto
Casualties and losses
	1 wounded

The Proclamation of the Republic (Portuguese: Proclamação da República or Golpe de 1889) was a military coup d'état that established the First Brazilian Republic on November 15, 1889. It took over the constitutional monarchy of the Empire of Brazil and ended the reign of Emperor Pedro II.

The coup took place in Rio de Janeiro, the capital of the Empire at the time, when a group of military officers of the Imperial Army, led by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca, staged a coup d'état without the use of violence, deposing Emperor Pedro II and the President of the Council of Ministers of the Empire, the Viscount of Ouro Preto.

A provisional government was established that same day, 15th of November, with Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as President of the Republic and head of the interim Government.

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