1920 in Brazil

Events in the year 1920 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Epitácio Pessoa
• Vice President: Delfim Moreira (until 1 July); vacant (1 July to 10 November); Francisco Álvaro Bueno de Paiva (from 10 November)

Governors

• : José Fernandes de Barros Lima
• Amazonas: Pedro de Alcântara Bacelar
• Bahia: Antônio Ferrão Muniz de Aragão, then José Joaquim Seabra
• Ceará:
• till 12 July: João Tomé de Sabóia e Silva
• from 12 12 July: Justiniano de Serpa
• : João Alves de Castro
• Maranhão: Urbano Santos
• Mato Grosso: Francisco de Aquino Correia
• Minas Gerais: Artur Bernardes
• : Lauro Sodré
• :
• till 22 October: Francisco Camilo de Holanda
• from 22 October: Sólon Barbosa de Lucena
• Paraná:
• Afonso Camargo
• Caetano Munhoz da Rocha
• :
• till 28 October: José Rufino Bezerra Cavalcanti
• from 28 October: Otávio Hamilton Tavares Barreto
• :
• till 1 July: Eurípedes Clementino de Aguiar
• from 1 July: João Luís Ferreira
• Rio Grande do Norte: Joaquim Ferreira Chaves
• Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros
• :
• São Paulo:
• :

Vice governors

• :
• :

Events

• 20 April - Opening ceremony of the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, at which Brazil competes for the first time. Sport shooter Guilherme Paraense is the first Brazilian to win a gold medal.

Arts and culture

Books

• Monteiro Lobato writes the first of his Sítio do Picapau Amarelo novel series.

Films

• Coração de Gaúcho, directed by and starring Luiz de Barros
• O Crime de Cravinhos, directed by Arturo Carrari and starring Rodolfo Arena.
• O Garimpeiro, directed by and starring Vittorio Capellaro

Births

• 9 January - João Cabral de Melo Neto, poet and diplomat (died 1999)
• 21 April - Anselmo Duarte, actor, screenwriter and film director (died 2009)
• 26 July - Celso Furtado (died 2004)

Deaths

• 26 March - Prince Luís, claimant to the Brazilian throne (born 1878; rheumatism)
• 1 July - Delfim Moreira, politician (born 1868)
• 16 October - Alberto Nepomuceno, conductor and composer (born 1864)

References

See also

• 1920 in Brazilian football