1931 in Brazil

Events in the year 1931 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Getúlio Vargas (Head of the Provisional Government)
• Vice President: none

Governors

• Alagoas:
  • till 9 August: Hermilo de Freitas Blackbird
  • 9 August-31 October: Louis de France Albuquerque
  • from 31 October: Tasso de Oliveira Tinoco
• Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia
• Bahia: Leopoldo Afrânio Bastos do Amaral, then Raimundo Rodrigues Barbosa, then Juracy Magalhães
• Ceará:
  • till 13 June: Manuel Fernandes Távora
  • 13 June - 22 September: João da Silva Leal
  • from 22 September: Roberto Carneiro de Mendonça
• Goiás: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira
• Maranhão:
  • till 9 January: José Maria Perdigão
  • 9 January - 18 August: Astolfo Serra
  • 18 August - 8 September: Joaquim Aquino Correia
  • from 8 September: Lourival Seroa da Mota
• Mato Grosso: Antonino Mena Gonçalves, then Artur Antunes Maciel
• Minas Gerais: Olegário Maciel
• Pará: Joaquim de Magalhães Barata
• Paraíba: Antenor de França Navarro
• Paraná:
  • Mário Alves Monteiro Tourinho
  • João Perneta
• Pernambuco: Carlos de Lima Cavalcanti
• Piauí:
  • till 29 January: Humberto de Areia Leão
  • 29 January - 21 May: Joaquim de Lemos Cunha
  • from 21 May: Landry Sales
• Rio Grande do Norte:
  • till 28 January: Irenaeus Jofili
  • 29 January - 31 July: Aluisio de Moura Andrade
  • from 31 July: Hercolino Cascardo
• Rio Grande do Sul: José Antônio Flores da Cunha
• Santa Catarina:
• São Paulo:
• Sergipe:

Vice governors

• Rio Grande do Norte:
• São Paulo:

Events

12 October: Statue of Christ the Redeemer

• 15 January – Eleven Italian seaplanes led by Italo Balbo land at Botafogo Bay after a 6,000 mile flight from Italy that began on 17 December. The pilots are greeted by President Getúlio Vargas.^[1]
• 16 September – Frente Negra Brasileira, Brazil's first Black political party, is founded.^[2]
• 12 October – The statue of Christ the Redeemer, overlooking Rio de Janeiro, is consecrated.^[3][4]
• date unknown
  • The Caiçaras Club is founded in Rio de Janeiro.^{[citation needed]}

Arts and culture

Books

• Jorge Amado – O País do Carnaval (The Country of Carnival)
• Júlio Afrânio Peixoto – História da literatura brasileira

Films

• Limite, directed by Mário Peixoto

Music

• Zequinha de Abreu's piece "Tico-Tico no Farelo" is renamed "Tico-Tico no Fubá"^[5]

Births

• 8 January – Ozires Silva, entrepreneur, founder of Embraer
• 19 January – Ottomar Pinto, politician, Governor of Roraima (2004–2007) (died 2007)
• 10 February – Cauby Peixoto, singer (died 2016)
• 14 February – Newton de Sordi, footballer (died 2013)
• 16 March – Augusto Boal, theatre director, writer and politician (died 2009)^[6]
• 2 March – Ruth Rocha, writer
• 31 March – Ary Fernandes, playwright, actor, producer and filmmaker (died 2010)^[7]
• 28 April – Nair Bello, actress and comedian (died 2007)
• 8 May – Etty Fraser, actress (died 2018)^[8]
• 10 June – João Gilberto, singer and guitarist (died 2019)
• 13 June – Moysés Baumstein, holographer and artist (died 1991)
• 18 June – Fernando Henrique Cardoso, 34th President of Brazil^[9]
• 29 June – Palmirinha Onofre, cook and television presenter (died 2023)^[10]
• 9 August – Mário Zagallo, footballer and manager (died 2024)^[11]
• 3 September – Paulo Maluf, politician
• 16 October – Mílton Alves da Silva, football player (died 1973)
• 17 October – José Alencar, politician (died 2011)^[12]

Deaths

• 26 January – Graça Aranha, writer and diplomat (born 1868)^[13]
• 9 June – Henrique Oswald, pianist and composer (born 1852)^[14]
• 24 July – Nonô, footballer (born 1899)
• 8 September – Prince Luiz Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, descendant of the Brazilian Imperial Family (born 1911)
• 6 October – Oscar Cox, sportsman (born 1880)^[15]