Events in the year 1926 in Brazil.
Incumbents edit
Federal government edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
Events edit
- 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 edit
Films edit
- Corações em Suplício, directed by Eugenio Centenaro Kerrigan
- O Guaraní, directed by Vittorio Capellaro
Births edit
January edit
- 17 January - Maria d'Apparecida, opera singer (died 2017)[4]
April edit
- 20 April - Miriam Pires, actress (died 2004)
October edit
- 21 October - Waldir Pires, politician (died 2018)
- 24 October - Francisco de Assis Couto dos Reis, architect and teacher[5] (died 2011)
November edit
- November - Miguel Torres de Andrade, writer and actor (died 1962)
Deaths edit
July edit
- 30 July - Lauro Müller, politician, diplomat, and military engineer (born 1863)
References edit
- ^ John W. F. Dulles (2012). Anarchists and Communists in Brazil, 1900-1935. University of Texas Press. p. 239. ISBN 9780292740761.
- ^ "Rádio Mayrink Veiga abre os seus microfones para os astros da Era do Rádio". O Globo. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ^ Torquato, Mazé (6 March 2021). "Maria d'Apparecida: negroluminosa voz" [Maria d'Apparecida: dark-luminous voice]. Folha de Jandira e Região (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ Pedro A. C. Nery. "ASSIS REIS - arquitetura, regionalismo e modernidade." Periódicos Eletrônicos da Universidade Federal da Bahia - UFBA website. (access on 2011/04/21)
See also edit
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