1912 in Brazil

Events in the year 1912 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Marshal Hermes da Fonseca
• Vice President: Venceslau Brás

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

• 20 September - Clube de Regatas Brasil is founded.
• October - Beginning of the Contestado War, a dispute between settlers and landowners.[1]
• 19 December - The Federal University of Paraná is established.[2]
• 29 December - The federal government sends in 200 federal troops to deal with ongoing trouble in the State of Santa Catarina.

Births

• 24 April - Aymoré Moreira, footballer (died 1998)[3]
• 13 June - Avelar Brandão Vilela, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (died 1986)[4]
• 25 June - Carvalho Leite, footballer (died 2004)
• 29 July - Max Wolff, sergeant killed in World War II[5] (died 1945)
• 6 August - Adoniran Barbosa, singer and composer (died 1982)
• 10 August - Jorge Amado, writer (died 2001)
• 13 December - Luiz Gonzaga, singer, songwriter, and poet (died 1989)
• 22 December - Alberto Zarzur, footballer (died 1958)

Deaths

• 22 October - José Maria de Santo Agostinho, mystic (born 1889; killed by Brazilian state military and police)

References

1. Diacon, Todd A. Millenarian Vision, Capitalist Reality: Brazil's Contestado Rebellion, 1912–1916 (Duke University Press 1991), ISBN 0-8223-1167-4
2. Official Homepage (Portuguese)
3. Aymoré Moreira in the Sports Museum Archived 2016-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
4. New York Times. Cardinal Brandao Vilela Dies; Head of the Brazilian Church December 21, 1986
5. EsSA Max Wolff Filho Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (Portuguese)

See also

• 1912 in Brazilian football