1949 in Brazil
Events in the year 1949 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Marshal Eurico Gaspar Dutra [Vice President of Brazil|President of Brazil|Vice President]: Nereu RamosGovernors
Alagoas: Silvestre PericlesAmazonas: Leopoldo da Silva Amorim NevesBahia: Otávio Mangabeira Ceará: Faustino de Albuquerque Espírito Santo: Carlos Fernando Monteiro Lindenberg Goiás: Jerônimo Coimbra Bueno Maranhão: Sebastian ArcherMato Grosso: Arnaldo Estêvão de FigueiredoMinas Gerais: Milton Soares CamposPará: Luís de Moura Carvalho Paraíba: Osvaldo Trigueiro Paraná: Moisés Lupion Pernambuco: Alexandre Barbosa Lima Sobrinho Piauí: José da Rocha Furtado Rio de Janeiro: Macedo Soares Rio Grande do Norte: José Augusto Varela Rio Grande do Sul: Walter Só Jobim Santa Catarina: Aderbal Ramos da Silva São Paulo: Ademar de Barros Sergipe: Jose RollembergVice governors
Ceará: Francisco de Menezes Pimentel Espírito Santo: José Rodrigues Sette Goiás: Hosanah de Campos Guimarães Maranhão: Saturnino BelloMinas Gerais: José Ribeiro Pena Paraíba: José Targino Pereira da Costa Piauí: Osvaldo da Costa e Silva Rio Grande do Norte: Tomaz SalustinoSão Paulo: Luís Gonzaga Novelli JúniorEvents
- date unknown - The Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas is founded by Cesar Lattes, José Leite Lopes, and Jayme Tiomno.
January
- 25 January: IEPAC, the forerunner of UniÍtalo, is founded by professor and Italian immigrant Pasquale Cascino.
February
- 1 February: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Macapá is established as Territorial Prelature of Macapá from the Territorial Prelature of Santarém.
May
July
- 12 July: The first issue of the comic O Pato Donald is launched, giving rise to Editora Abril, founded by Victor Civita.
Arts and culture
Books
- Maria José Dupré - ''Dona Lola''
Films
- Almas Adversas
- Estou Aí
- A Escrava Isaura
- O Homem que Passa
- Inocência
- Pinguinho de Gente
- ''Vendaval Maravilhoso''
Music
- Afoxé music is introduced by a group called Filhos de Gandhi.
Births
January
April
- 18 April: Antônio Fagundes, actor
May
- 14 May: Helvécio Ratton, film director, producer and screenwriter
August
- 12 August: Fernando Collor de Mello, President of Brazil 1990-1992
September
- 21 September: Odilo Scherer, Archbishop of São Paulo
- 25 September: Ronaldo Caiado, politician
Deaths
February
- 2 February: Pedro Paulo Bruno, painter, singer and poet
December
- 11 December: Rudolf Komorek, Salesian missionary