1926 in Brazil

Events in the year 1926 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President:
  • Artur Bernardes (until 14 November)
  • Washington Luís (from 15 November)
• Vice President:
  • Estácio de Albuquerque Coimbra (until 14 November)
  • Fernando de Melo Viana (from 15 November)

Governors

• Alagoas: Pedro da Costa Rego
• Amazonas: Alfredo Sá (till 1 January); Ifigênio Ferreira de Sales (from 1 January)
• Bahia: Góis Calmon
• Ceará: José Moreira da Rocha
• Goiás: Brasil Caiado
• Maranhão: Godofredo Mendes Viana (till 1 March); José Magalhães de Almeida (from 1 March)
• Mato Grosso: Estêvão Alves Correia, then Mário Correia da Costa
• Minas Gerais: Fernando de Mello Viana (till 7 September); Antônio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada (from 7 September)
• Pará: Dionísio Bentes
• Paraíba: João Suassuna
• Paraná: Caetano Munhoz da Rocha
• Pernambuco: Sérgio Teixeira Lins de Barros Loreto (till 18 October); Júlio de Melo (18 October - 12 December); Estácio Coimbra (from 12 December)
• 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: Carlos de Campos (in exile)^[1]
• Sergipe:

Vice governors

• Rio Grande do Norte:
• São Paulo:

Events

• 21 January - Rádio Mayrink Veiga begins broadcasting in Rio de Janeiro.^[2]
• 1 March - In the presidential election, Washington Luís of the Republican Party of São Paulo, who received 98.0% of the vote.^[3]

Arts and culture

Films

• Corações em Suplício, directed by Eugenio Centenaro Kerrigan
• O Guaraní, directed by Vittorio Capellaro

Births

January

• 17 January - Maria d'Apparecida, opera singer (died 2017)^[4]

April

• 20 April - Miriam Pires, actress (died 2004)

October

• 21 October - Waldir Pires, politician (died 2018)
• 24 October - Francisco de Assis Couto dos Reis, architect and teacher^[5] (died 2011)

November

• November - Miguel Torres de Andrade, writer and actor (died 1962)

Deaths

July

• 30 July - Lauro Müller, politician, diplomat, and military engineer (born 1863)