1922 in Brazil

Events in the year 1922 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

President: Epitácio Pessoa (to 14 November); Artur Bernardes (from 15 November)
Vice President: Francisco Álvaro Bueno de Paiva (to 14 November); Estácio de Albuquerque Coimbra (from 15 November)

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 (to 25 February); Raul da Cunha Machado (from 25 February)
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

Events

11-18 February - Modern Art Week is held in São Paulo, marking the beginning of Brazilian Modernism.^[1]
1 March - In the Brazilian presidential election, Artur Bernardes of the Mineiro Republican Party receives 56.0% of the vote.^[2]
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.^[3]

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 (died 1993)
22 January - Leonel Brizola, politician (died 2004)
4 April - Dionísio Azevedo, actor (as Taufic Jacob; died 1994)
8 May – Dona Neuma, samba dancer (died 2000)^[4]
1 June - Bibi Ferreira, actress (as Abigail Izquierdo Ferreira) (died 2019)^[5]
5 July - Hélio Bicudo, Brazilian jurist and politician (died 2018)
7 September - Paulo Autran, actor (died 2007)^[6]
13 October - Gilberto Mendes, composer (died 2016)^[7]
26 October - Darcy Ribeiro, anthropologist, author and politician (died 1997)

Deaths

date unknown - Graciano dos Santos Neves, physician and politician (born 1868)
May 7 - Urbano Santos da Costa Araújo, vice president (born 1859)

References

^ Amaral, Aracy; Hastings, Kim Mrazek (1995). "Stages in the Formation of Brazil's Cultural Profile". Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts. 21.
^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
^ Encyclopaedia Itau Cultural - Bio of Ismael Nery. Accessed 8 March 2014
^ Rocha, Jan (26 July 2000). "Neuma Goncalves da Silva". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
^ "Biografia de Bibi Ferreira | Brasil Memória das Artes". Funarte.gov.br. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
^ "Actor Paulo Autran, Brazil's 'Lord of the Stage,' dies at 85". International Herald Tribune. Associated Press. 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2007-10-13.
^ Don Randel, The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard, 1996, p. 576

See also

1922 in Brazilian football

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