1930 in Brazil

Events in the year 1930 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

President:
* Washington Luís
* General Tasso Fragoso, Admiral Isaías de Noronha, General Mena Barreto
* Getúlio Vargas
[Vice President of Brazil|President of Brazil|Vice President]: Fernando de Melo Viana, vacant after 24 October.

Governors

Alagoas:
* till 10 October: Álvaro Correia Pais
* 10 October-14 October: Pedro Reginaldo Teixeira
* from 14 October: Hermilo de Freitas Blackbird
Amazonas:
* till 1 January: Ifigênio Ferreira de Sales
* 1 January-24 October: Dorval Pires Porto
* 24 October-1 November: Government Junta
* 1 November-20 November: Floriano da Silva Machado
* from 20 November: Álvaro Botelho Maia
Bahia: Vital Soares, then Frederico Augusto Rodrigues da Costa, then Leopoldo Afrânio Bastos do Amaral
Ceará:
* till 8 October: José Carlos de Matos Peixoto
* from 8 October: Manuel Fernandes Távora
Goiás:
* till 11 August: Alfredo Lopes de Morais
* 11 August - 27 October: Humberto Martins Ribeiro
* 27 - 30 October: Carlos Pinheiro Chagas
* 30 October - 23 November: Goiana Governing Board of 1930
* from 23 November: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira
Maranhão:
*till 1 March: José Magalhães de Almeida
* 1 March - 8 October: José Pires Sexto
* 8 October - 14 November: Maranhão Governing Board of 1930
* 15 November - 27 November: Luso Torres
* from 27 November: José Maria Perdigão
Mato Grosso: Mário Correia da Costa, then Aníbal Benício de Toledo, then Sebastião Rabelo Leite, then Antonino Mena Gonçalves
Minas Gerais:
* until 7 September: Antônio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada
* from 7 September: Olegário Maciel
Pará:
* until 24 October: Eurico de Freitas Vale
* 24 October - 26 October: Pará Governing Board of October 1930
* 26 October - 28 October: Landry Sales Gonçalves
* 28 October - 12 November: Pará Governing Board of 1930
* from 12 November: Joaquim de Magalhães Barata
Paraíba:
* until 26 July: João Pessoa Cavalcanti
* 26 July - 4 October: Álvaro Pereira de Carvalho
* 4 October - 26 November: José Américo de Almeida
* from 26 November: Antenor de França Navarro
Paraná:
* Afonso Camargo
* Mário Alves Monteiro Tourinho
Pernambuco:
* until 28 May: Estácio Coimbra
* 28 May - 6 October: Júlio Celso de Albuquerque Belo
* from 6 October: Carlos de Lima Cavalcanti
Piauí:
* till 4 October: João de Deus Pires Leal
* from 4 October: Humberto de Areia Leão
Rio Grande do Norte:
* till 5 October: Juvenal Lamartine de Faria
* 5-12 October: Military Governing Board, consisting of: Luis Tavares Guerreiro, Abelardo Torres da Silva Castro, and Julius Perouse Bridges
* from 12 October: Irenaeus Jofili
Rio Grande do Sul:
* till 9 October: Getúlio Dornelles Vargas
* 9-27 October: Osvaldo Euclides de Sousa Aranha
* 27-28 October: Sinval Saldanha
* from 28 October: José Antônio Flores da Cunha
Santa Catarina: Adolfo Konder, Fulvius Aducci
São Paulo: Julio Prestes
Sergipe: Manuel Correia Dantas

Vice governors

Rio Grande do Norte: Joaquim Inácio
São Paulo: Heitor Teixeira Penteado

Events

1 March - A general election is held; Júlio Prestes of the Republican Party of São Paulo, receives 57.7% of the vote and is elected president. Vital Soares is elected vice-president, but never takes office.
16 July - Our Lady of Aparecida is proclaimed the Patroness of Brazil, by decree of Pope Pius XI.
26 July - The assassination of João Pessoa Cavalcânti de Albuquerque, governor of Paraíba, by João Duarte Dantas, stirs up a wave of bad feeling toward the federal government and the outgoing president Washington Luís, who is accused of bearing the "moral responsibility".
13 August - 1930 Curuçá River event: The area of Curuçá River near latitude 5° S and longitude 71.5° W experiences a meteoric air burst.
September - The state capital of Paraíba, formerly Parahyba, is renamed João Pessoa, in memory of its assassinated governor.
3 October - Brazilian Revolution of 1930.
24 October - Incumbent President Washington Luís is deposed. A military junta, led by General Augusto Tasso Fragoso, temporarily takes control of the country.
1 November - Beginning of the Vargas Era: the ruling junta hands power and the presidential palace to Getúlio Vargas.
18 November - A decree is signed creating the Brazilian Bar Association.
date unknown - The National Institute of Metrology Standardization and Industrial Quality is founded.

Arts and culture

Films

As Armas, directed by Octavio Gabus Mendes

Births

29 March - Lima Duarte, actor
21 April - Mário Covas, politician
24 April - José Sarney, 31st President of Brazil
7 June - Dolores Duran, Brazilian singer, songwriter
10 July - Jacques Klein, composer
22 August - Gylmar dos Santos Neves, footballer
28 August - Walmor Chagas, actor
16 August - Glauce Rocha, actress
2 September - Paulo Francis, journalist, novelist and critic
10 September - Ferreira Gullar, poet, playwright, essayist, art critic, and television writer
15 September - Odette Vidal de Oliveira, candidate for beatification
19 September - Ruth Cardoso, anthropologist, educator and public figure
29 October - Geraldo Del Rey, actor
12 December - Silvio Santos, television presenter

Deaths

26 July - João Pessoa Cavalcânti de Albuquerque, politician