1930 in Brazil

Events in the year 1930 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President:
  • (until 24 October) Washington Luís
  • (from 24 October to 3 November) General Tasso Fragoso, Admiral Isaías de Noronha, General Mena Barreto
  • (from 3 November) Getúlio Vargas (Head of the Provisional Government)
• Vice President: Fernando de Melo Viana (until 24 October), vacant after 24 October.

Governors

• Alagoas:
  • till 10 October: Álvaro Correia Pais
  • 10 October-14 October: Pedro Reginaldo Teixeira
  • from 14 October: Hermilo de Freitas Blackbird
• Amazonas:
  • till 1 January: Ifigênio Ferreira de Sales
  • 1 January-24 October: Dorval Pires Porto
  • 24 October-1 November: Government Junta
  • 1 November-20 November: Floriano da Silva Machado
  • from 20 November: Álvaro Botelho Maia
• Bahia: Vital Soares, then Frederico Augusto Rodrigues da Costa, then Leopoldo Afrânio Bastos do Amaral
• Ceará:
  • till 8 October: José Carlos de Matos Peixoto
  • from 8 October: Manuel Fernandes Távora
• Goiás:
  • till 11 August: Alfredo Lopes de Morais
  • 11 August - 27 October: Humberto Martins Ribeiro
  • 27 - 30 October: Carlos Pinheiro Chagas
  • 30 October - 23 November: Goiana Governing Board of 1930
  • from 23 November: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira
• Maranhão:
  • till 1 March: José Magalhães de Almeida
  • 1 March - 8 October: José Pires Sexto
  • 8 October - 14 November: Maranhão Governing Board of 1930
  • 15 November - 27 November: Luso Torres
  • from 27 November: José Maria Perdigão
• Mato Grosso: Mário Correia da Costa, then Aníbal Benício de Toledo, then Sebastião Rabelo Leite, then Antonino Mena Gonçalves
• Minas Gerais:
  • until 7 September: Antônio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada
  • from 7 September: Olegário Maciel
• Pará:
  • until 24 October: Eurico de Freitas Vale
  • 24 October - 26 October: Pará Governing Board of October 1930
  • 26 October - 28 October: Landry Sales Gonçalves
  • 28 October - 12 November: Pará Governing Board of 1930
  • from 12 November: Joaquim de Magalhães Barata
• Paraíba:
  • until 26 July: João Pessoa Cavalcanti
  • 26 July - 4 October: Álvaro Pereira de Carvalho
  • 4 October - 26 November: José Américo de Almeida
  • from 26 November: Antenor de França Navarro
• Paraná:
  • Afonso Camargo
  • Mário Alves Monteiro Tourinho
• Pernambuco:
  • until 28 May: Estácio Coimbra
  • 28 May - 6 October: Júlio Celso de Albuquerque Belo
  • from 6 October: Carlos de Lima Cavalcanti
• Piauí:
  • till 4 October: João de Deus Pires Leal
  • from 4 October: Humberto de Areia Leão
• Rio Grande do Norte:
  • till 5 October: Juvenal Lamartine de Faria
  • 5-12 October: Military Governing Board, consisting of: Luis Tavares Guerreiro, Abelardo Torres da Silva Castro, and Julius Perouse Bridges
  • from 12 October: Irenaeus Jofili
• Rio Grande do Sul:
  • till 9 October: Getúlio Dornelles Vargas
  • 9-27 October: Osvaldo Euclides de Sousa Aranha
  • 27-28 October: Sinval Saldanha
  • from 28 October: José Antônio Flores da Cunha
• Santa Catarina: Adolfo Konder (until 29 September), Fulvius Aducci (29 September-25 October)
• São Paulo: Julio Prestes (until 24 October)
• Sergipe: Manuel Correia Dantas (until 17 October)

Vice governors

• Rio Grande do Norte: Joaquim Inácio (until 5 October)
• São Paulo: Heitor Teixeira Penteado (until 21 May)

Events

• 1 March - A general election is held; Júlio Prestes of the Republican Party of São Paulo, receives 57.7% of the vote and is elected president.^[1] Vital Soares is elected vice-president, but never takes office.
• 16 July - Our Lady of Aparecida is proclaimed the Patroness of Brazil, by decree of Pope Pius XI.
• 26 July - The assassination of João Pessoa Cavalcânti de Albuquerque, governor of Paraíba, by João Duarte Dantas, stirs up a wave of bad feeling toward the federal government and the outgoing president Washington Luís, who is accused of bearing the "moral responsibility".^[2]
• 13 August - 1930 Curuçá River event: The area of Curuçá River near latitude 5° S and longitude 71.5° W experiences a meteoric air burst (also known as the Brazilian Tunguska event).^[3]
• September - The state capital of Paraíba, formerly Parahyba, is renamed João Pessoa, in memory of its assassinated governor.^[4]
• 3 October - Brazilian Revolution of 1930.
• 24 October - Incumbent President Washington Luís is deposed.^[5] A military junta, led by General Augusto Tasso Fragoso, temporarily takes control of the country.
• 1 November - Beginning of the Vargas Era: the ruling junta hands power and the presidential palace to Getúlio Vargas.
• 18 November - A decree is signed creating the Brazilian Bar Association.^[6]
• date unknown - The National Institute of Metrology Standardization and Industrial Quality (INMETRO) is founded.

Arts and culture

Films

• As Armas, directed by Octavio Gabus Mendes

Births

• 29 March - Lima Duarte, actor
• 21 April - Mário Covas, politician (died 2003)
• 24 April - José Sarney, 31st President of Brazil
• 7 June - Dolores Duran, Brazilian singer, songwriter (died 1959)
• 10 July - Jacques Klein, composer (died 1982)
• 22 August - Gylmar dos Santos Neves, footballer (died 2013)^[7]
• 28 August - Walmor Chagas, actor (died 2013)
• 16 August - Glauce Rocha, actress (died 1971)
• 2 September - Paulo Francis, journalist, novelist and critic (died 1997)
• 10 September - Ferreira Gullar (José Ribamar Ferreira), poet, playwright, essayist, art critic, and television writer
• 15 September - Odette Vidal de Oliveira, candidate for beatification (died 1939)
• 19 September - Ruth Cardoso, anthropologist, educator and public figure (died 2008)^[8]
• 29 October - Geraldo Del Rey, actor (died 1993)
• 12 December - Silvio Santos, television presenter (died 2024)

Deaths

• 26 July - João Pessoa Cavalcânti de Albuquerque, politician (born 1878; assassinated)