1918 in Brazil

Events in the year 1918 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Venceslau Brás (until 14 November); Delfim Moreira (acting; from 15 November)
• Vice President: Urbano Santos da Costa Araújo (until 14 November); Delfim Moreira (from 15 November)

Governors

• Alagoas: João Batista Accioli Jr. (till 12 June); José Fernandes de Barros Lima (from 12 June)
• Amazonas: Pedro de Alcântara Bacelar
• Bahia: Antônio Ferrão Muniz de Aragão
• Ceará: João Tomé de Sabóia e Silva
• Goiás:
  • until 21 December: João Alves de Castro
  • from 21 December: Joaquim Rufino Ramos Jubé
• Maranhão:
  • until 1 March: Antônio Brício de Araújo
  • 1 March - 9 October: José Joaquim Marques
  • 9 October - 21 October: Raul da Cunha Machado
  • from 21 October: Urbano Santos
• Mato Grosso: Cipriano da Costa Ferreira, then Francisco de Aquino Correia
• Minas Gerais:
  • until 7 September: Delfim Moreira
  • from 7 September: Artur Bernardes
• Pará: Lauro Sodré
• Paraíba: Francisco Camilo de Holanda
• Paraná: Afonso Camargo
• Pernambuco: Manuel Antônio Pereira Borba
• Piauí: Eurípedes Clementino de Aguiar
• Rio Grande do Norte: Joaquim Ferreira Chaves
• Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros
• Santa Catarina:
• São Paulo:
• Sergipe:

Vice governors

• Rio Grande do Norte:
• São Paulo:

Events

Brazilian Medical Mission.

• 30 January - Ministerial Notice No. 501 is issued, establishing the Naval Division for War Operations (Divisão Naval em Operações de Guerra - DNOG).^[1]
• 1 March - Brazilian general election, 1918:^[2] Former president Rodrigues Alves receives 99.1% of the vote.
• June - The Brazilian battleship São Paulo is sent to the USA for a full refit.^[3]
• 18 August - The Brazilian Medical Mission, led by Dr. Nabuco Gouveia and directed by General Aché, is established with 86 doctors.
• 24 September - The Brazilian Medical Mission lands at Marseilles, France, and supports the local population during a flu outbreak, ensuring the continuity of logistical support to the troops at the front.
• 15 November - President-elect Rodrigues Alves, suffering from influenza, is unable to take office on the scheduled date, and is replaced by Vice President Delfim Moreira.

Births

• 15 January - João Figueiredo, military leader and politician (died 1999)
• 21 February - Alberto Ruschel, actor (died 1996)
• 1 March - João Goulart, 24th President of Brazil (died 1976)
• 24 July - Antonio Candido, writer, academic, sociologist and literary critic (died 2017)
• 28 October - José Leite Lopes, physicist (died 2006)

Deaths

• 1 November - Eurípedes Barsanulfo, educator, pharmacist, politician and prominent spiritualist medium (born 1880)
• 27 November - Belfort Duarte, footballer (born 1883; murdered)^[4]
• 28 December - Olavo Bilac, Parnassian poet, journalist and translator (born 1865)