1922 in Brazil

Events in the year 1922 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

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

Governors

• Alagoas:
• Amazonas:
• Bahia:
• Ceará:
• Goiás:
• Maranhão:
• Mato Grosso:
• Minas Gerais:
• Pará:
• Paraíba:
• Paraná:
• Pernambuco:
• Piauí:
• Rio Grande do Norte:
• Rio Grande do Sul:
• 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]
• 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.
• 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)
• 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)[5]
• 13 October - Gilberto Mendes, composer[6]
• 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

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

See also

• 1922 in Brazilian football