1912 in Brazil explained

Events in the year 1912 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• • President: Marshal Hermes da Fonseca Vice President: Venceslau Brás

Governors

• 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:
  • Francisco Xavier da Silva
  • Carlos Cavalcanti de Albuquerque
• 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

• Rio Grande do Norte:
• São Paulo:

Events

• 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

• 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

• 22 October - José Maria de Santo Agostinho, mystic (born 1889; killed by Brazilian state military and police)

See also

• 1912 in Brazilian football

Notes and References

1. Diacon, Todd A. Millenarian Vision, Capitalist Reality: Brazil's Contestado Rebellion, 1912–1916 (Duke University Press 1991),
2. http://www.ufpr.br/ Official Homepage
3. http://www.museudosesportes.com.br/noticia.php?id=4274 Aymoré Moreira in the Sports Museum
4. New York Times. Cardinal Brandao Vilela Dies; Head of the Brazilian Church December 21, 1986
5. http://www.esa.ensino.eb.br/historia/maxwolff/ EsSA Max Wolff Filho