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