1925 in Brazil

Events in the year 1925 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Artur Bernardes
• Vice President: Estácio de Albuquerque Coimbra

Governors

• Alagoas: Pedro da Costa Rego
• Amazonas: Alfredo Sá
• Bahia: Góis Calmon
• Ceará: José Moreira da Rocha
• Goiás:
  • till 14 July: Miguel da Rocha Lima
  • from 14 July: Brasil Caiado
• Maranhão: Godofredo Mendes Viana
• Mato Grosso: Estêvão Alves Correia
• Minas Gerais: Fernando de Mello Viana
• Pará:
  • till 1 February: Antônio Emiliano de Sousa
  • from 1 February: Dionísio Bentes
• Paraíba: João Suassuna
• Paraná: Caetano Munhoz da Rocha
• Pernambuco: Sérgio Teixeira Lins de Barros Loreto
• Piauí: Matias Olímpio de Melo
• Rio Grande do Norte: José Augusto Bezerra de Medeiros
• Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros
• Santa Catarina:
• São Paulo:
• Sergipe:

Vice governors

• Rio Grande do Norte:
• São Paulo:

Events

• 12 April - The Coluna Prestes movement is launched at a meeting in Foz do Iguaçu.^[1]
• 29 May - British explorer Percy Fawcett sent a last telegram to his wife, before he disappears in the Amazon.

Arts and culture

Films

• Aitaré da Praia, directed by Gentil Roiz and starring José Amaro
• Quando Elas Querem, directed by Eugenio Centenaro Kerrigan and starring Luiz de Barros
• La Mujer de medianoche, directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Paulo Benedetti

Births

• 23 October: Cardinal José Freire Falcão (died 2021)

Deaths

May

• 28 May: João Pinheiro Chagas, journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (born 1863)

August

• 28 August: João Ghelfi, painter (born 1890)^[2]

December

• 8 December: Mário de Alencar, poet, short story writer, journalist, lawyer and novelist (born 1872)^[3]