1919 in Brazil

1919 in Brazil
Years 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921
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Timeline of Brazilian history
First Brazilian Republic
Year of Constitution: 1891

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Events in the year 1919 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Delfim Moreira (acting; until 28 July); Epitácio Pessoa (from 28 July)
• Vice President: Delfim Moreira

Governors

• Alagoas: José Fernandes de Barros Lima
• Amazonas: Pedro de Alcântara Bacelar
• Bahia: Antônio Ferrão Muniz de Aragão
• Ceará: João Tomé de Sabóia e Silva
• Goiás:
  • until April 24: Joaquim Rufino Ramos Jubé
  • from April 24: João Alves de Castro
• Maranhão: Urbano Santos
• Mato Grosso: Francisco de Aquino Correia
• Artur Bernardes
• Pará: Lauro Sodré
• Paraíba: Francisco Camilo de Holanda
• Paraná: Afonso Camargo
• Pernambuco:
  • until 18 December: Manuel Antônio Pereira Borba
  • 18 December - 24 December: José Henrique Carneiro da Cunha
  • from 24 December: José Rufino Bezerra Cavalcanti
• Piauí: Eurípedes Clementino de Aguiar
• Rio Grande do Norte: Joaquim Ferreira Chaves
• Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros
• Santa Catarina:
• São Paulo
  :
• Sergipe:

Vice governors

• Rio Grande do Norte:
• São Paulo:

Events

• Rodrigues Alves,^[1] Epitácio Pessoa
  of the Paraíba Republican Party receives 71.0% of the vote.
• 24 April - Ford Brasil
  , a subsidiary of the Ford Motor Company, is founded.
• Brazil winning it.^[2]
• 28 July
  - Epitácio Pessoa takes office as President, replacing acting President Delfim Moreira, who continues as Vice President.

• 13 March - Edgard Cognat, painter and sculptor (died 1994
  )
• 10 May - Antônio Olinto, writer and translator (died 2006
  )
• 12 June - Rui Moreira Lima, fighter pilot (died 2013)^[3]
• 21 June - Nelson Gonçalves, singer and songwriter (died 1998
  )
• 8 July - Helena Salles, swimmer (died 2011
  )
• 18 October - Orlando Drummond, actor (died 2021
  )
• 11 November - Armando Falcão, politician (died 2010
  )
• 31 December - Carmen da Silva, psychoanalyst and feminist journalist (died 1985
  )

• 16 January - Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, President-elect of Brazil (born 1848; Spanish flu)^[4]

See also

• 1919 in Brazilian football

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