1924 in Brazil

Events in the year 1924 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

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

Governors

• Alagoas: José Fernandes de Barros Lima (till 12 June); Pedro da Costa Rego (from 12 June)
• Amazonas: César do Rego Monteiro (until 30 October); Raimundo Rodrigues Barbosa (30 October - 2 December); Alfredo Sá
• Bahia: José Joaquim Seabra, then Góis Calmon
• Ceará:
  • till 12 July: Ildefonso Albano
  • from 12 July: José Moreira da Rocha
• Goiás:
  • till March 31: Miguel da Rocha Lima
  • March 31 - April 25: Joaquim Rufino Ramos Jubé
  • from April 25: Miguel da Rocha Lima
• Maranhão: Godofredo Mendes Viana
• Mato Grosso: Pedro Celestino Corrêa da Costa, then Estêvão Alves Correia
• Minas Gerais:
  • till 4 August: Raul Soares
  • 4 August - 21 December: Olegário Maciel
  • from 21 December: Fernando de Mello Viana
• Pará: Antônio Emiliano de Sousa
• Paraíba:
  • till 22 October: Sólon Barbosa de Lucena
  • from 22 October: João Suassuna
• Paraná: Caetano Munhoz da Rocha
• Pernambuco: Sérgio Teixeira Lins de Barros Loreto
• Piauí:
  • till 1 July: João Luís Ferreira
  • from 1 July: Matias Olímpio de Melo
• Rio Grande do Norte: José Augusto Bezerra de Medeiros
• Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros
• Santa Catarina: Hercílio Luz (until 20 October)
• São Paulo:
• Sergipe:

Vice governors

• Rio Grande do Norte:
• São Paulo:

Events

• Colégio Campos Salles, private school is founded.
• 4 May – Among competitors at the Summer Olympics are eight Brazilian athletes, two rowers and a sport shooter. The country does not win any medals.^[1]
• 5-28 July - Military revolt in São Paulo.^[2]

Arts and culture

Films

• Gigolete, directed by Vittorio Verga and starring Augusto Aníbal
• O Trem da Morte, starring Arturo Carrari
• Paulo e Virginia, directed by Francisco de Almeida Fleming

Books

• Oswald de Andrade – Memórias Sentimentais de João Miramar

Births

• 25 April – Paulo Machado de Carvalho Filho, businessman and impresario (died 2010)
• 13 May – Sérgio Hingst, actor (died 2004)
• 4 June – Adelmar Faria Coimbra-Filho, biologist and primatologist, after whom Coimbra Filho's titi is named after him. (died 2016)^[3]
• 13 August
  • Helena Meirelles, guitarist and composer (died 2005)
  • Serafim Fernandes de Araújo, cardinal (died 2019)
• 10 October – Lídia Mattos, actress (died 2013)
• 24 October – Aziz Ab'Sáber, environmentalist (died 2012)

Deaths

• 31 March – Nilo Peçanha, politician, former President and Vice-President (born 1867)^[4]
• 21 May
  • Blessed Adílio Daronch, student (born 1908; shot and killed by revolutionaries)
  • Blessed Manuel Gómez González, missionary (born 1877)
• 20 October – Hercílio Luz, politician (born 1860)^[5]