1922 in Brazil

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Epitácio Pessoa ; Artur Bernardes
• Vice President: Francisco Álvaro Bueno de Paiva ; Estácio de Albuquerque Coimbra

Governors

• Alagoas: José Fernandes de Barros Lima
• Amazonas: César do Rego Monteiro
• Bahia: José Joaquim Seabra
• Ceará: Justiniano de Serpa
• Goiás: Eugênio Rodrigues Jardim
• Maranhão: Urbano Santos ; Raul da Cunha Machado
• Mato Grosso: Francisco de Aquino Correia, then Pedro Celestino Corrêa da Costa
• Minas Gerais:
• * until 7 September: Artur Bernardes
• * from 7 September: Raul Soares
• Pará: Antônio Emiliano de Sousa
• Paraíba: Sólon Barbosa de Lucena
• Paraná: Caetano Munhoz da Rocha
• Pernambuco:
• * until 18 October: Severino Marques de Queirós Pinheiro
• * from 18 October: Sérgio Teixeira Lins de Barros Loreto
• Piauí: João Luís Ferreira
• Rio Grande do Norte: Antonio José de Melo e Sousa
• Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros
• Santa Catarina:
• São Paulo:
• Sergipe:

Vice governors

• Rio Grande do Norte:
• São Paulo:

Events

• 11-18 February - Modern Art Week is held in São Paulo, marking the beginning of Brazilian Modernism.
• 1 March - In the Brazilian presidential election, Artur Bernardes of the Mineiro Republican Party receives 56.0% of the vote.
• May - The Dom Vital Center is created.
• 5 July - The 18 of the Copacabana Fort revolt occurs in Rio de Janeiro, then Federal District of Brazil. It is the first revolt of the tenentista movement, in the context of the Brazilian Old Republic.
• 22 October - Brazil defeats Paraguay 3-0 to win the 1922 South American Championship.
• date unknown - Adalgisa Ferreira marries Ismael Nery.

Arts and culture

Books

• ''Os Bruzundangas''

Films

• Do Rio a São Paulo Para Casar, directed by José Medina and starring Waldemar Moreno
• O Furto dos 500 Milhões de Réis, directed by Arturo Carrari and starring José Fontana

Births

• 7 January - Leopoldo Nachbin, mathematician
• 22 January - Leonel Brizola, politician
• 4 April - Dionísio Azevedo, actor
• 8 May – Dona Neuma, samba dancer
• 1 June - Bibi Ferreira, actress
• 5 July - Hélio Bicudo, Brazilian jurist and politician
• 7 September - Paulo Autran, actor
• 13 October - Gilberto Mendes, composer
• 26 October - Darcy Ribeiro, anthropologist, author and politician

Deaths

• date unknown - Graciano dos Santos Neves, physician and politician
• May 7 - Urbano Santos da Costa Araújo, vice president