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

• Alagoas: 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
• Goiás: João Alves de Castro
• Maranhão: Urbano Santos
• Mato Grosso: Francisco de Aquino Correia
• Minas Gerais: Artur Bernardes
• Pará: Lauro Sodré
• Paraíba:
  • till 22 October: Francisco Camilo de Holanda
  • from 22 October: Sólon Barbosa de Lucena
• Paraná:
  • Afonso Camargo
  • Caetano Munhoz da Rocha
• Pernambuco:
  • till 28 October: José Rufino Bezerra Cavalcanti
  • from 28 October: Otávio Hamilton Tavares Barreto
• Piauí:
  • 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
• Santa Catarina:
• São Paulo:
• Sergipe:

Vice governors

• Rio Grande do Norte:
• São Paulo:

Events

• 20 April - Opening ceremony of the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, at which Brazil competes for the first time.^[1] Sport shooter Guilherme Paraense is the first Brazilian to win a gold medal.

Arts and culture

Books

• Monteiro Lobato^[2] 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)^[3]
• 21 April - Anselmo Duarte, actor, screenwriter and film director (died 2009)^[4]
• 26 July - Celso Furtado (died 2004)

Deaths

• 26 March - Prince Luís, claimant to the Brazilian throne (born 1878; rheumatism)^[5]
• 1 July - Delfim Moreira, politician (born 1868)
• 16 October - Alberto Nepomuceno, conductor and composer (born 1864)^[6]