Events in the year 1912 in Brazil.
Incumbents edit
Federal government edit
Governors edit
- Alagoas:
- till 13 March: Euclid Vieira Malta
- 13 March - 12 June: Macário das Chagas Rocha Lessa
- from 12 June: Clodoaldo da Fonseca
- Amazonas: Antônio Clemente Ribeiro Bittencourt
- Bahia: Aurélio Rodrigues Viana, then Bráulio Xavier, then José Joaquim Seabra
- Ceará:
- till 24 January: Antônio Nogueira Accioli
- 24 January - 12 July Antônio Frederico de Carvalho Mota
- 12 July - 14 July Belisário Cícero Alexandrino
- from 14 July: Marcos Franco Rabelo
- Goiás:
- until March 30: Urbano Coelho de Gouveia
- 30 March - 24 May: Joaquim Rufino Ramos Jubé
- from 24 May: Herculano de Sousa Lobo
- Maranhão: Luís Antônio Domingues da Silva
- Mato Grosso: Joaquim Augusto da Costa Marques
- Minas Gerais: Júlio Bueno Brandão
- Pará: João Antônio Luís Coelho
- Paraíba:
- until 22 October: João Lopes Machado
- from 22 October: João Castro Pinto
- Paraná:
- Pernambuco: Emídio Dantas Barreto
- Piauí:
- until 1 July: Antonino Freire da Silva
- from 1 July: Miguel de Paiva Rosa
- Rio Grande do Norte: Alberto Maranhão
- Rio Grande do Sul: Carlos Barbosa Gonçalves
- Santa Catarina:
- São Paulo:
- Sergipe:
Vice governors edit
Events edit
- 20 September - Clube de Regatas Brasil is founded.
- October - Beginning of the Contestado War, a dispute between settlers and landowners.[1]
- 19 December - The Federal University of Paraná is established.[2]
- 29 December - The federal government sends in 200 federal troops to deal with ongoing trouble in the State of Santa Catarina.
Births edit
- 9 April - Amácio Mazzaropi, actor (died 1981)
- 24 April - Aymoré Moreira, footballer (died 1998)[3]
- 13 June - Avelar Brandão Vilela, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (died 1986)[4]
- 25 June - Carvalho Leite, footballer (died 2004)
- 29 July - Max Wolff, sergeant killed in World War II[5] (died 1945)
- 6 August - Adoniran Barbosa, singer and composer (died 1982)
- 10 August - Jorge Amado, writer (died 2001)
- 13 December - Luiz Gonzaga, singer, songwriter, and poet (died 1989)
- 22 December - Alberto Zarzur, footballer (died 1958)
Deaths edit
- 22 October - José Maria de Santo Agostinho, mystic (born 1889; killed by Brazilian state military and police)
References edit
- ^ Diacon, Todd A. Millenarian Vision, Capitalist Reality: Brazil's Contestado Rebellion, 1912–1916 (Duke University Press 1991), ISBN 0-8223-1167-4
- ^ Official Homepage (Portuguese)
- ^ Aymoré Moreira in the Sports Museum Archived 2016-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ New York Times. Cardinal Brandao Vilela Dies; Head of the Brazilian Church December 21, 1986
- ^ EsSA Max Wolff Filho Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (Portuguese)
See also edit
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