1926 in Brazil
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Events in the year 1926 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
- 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
- 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
Events
- 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
Films
- Corações em Suplício, directed by Eugenio Centenaro Kerrigan
 - O Guaraní, directed by Vittorio Capellaro
 
Births
January
- 17 January - Maria d'Apparecida, opera singer (died 2017)[4]
 
April
- 20 April - Miriam Pires, actress (died 2004)
 
October
- 21 October - Waldir Pires, politician (died 2018)
 - 24 October - Francisco de Assis Couto dos Reis, architect and teacher[5] (died 2011)
 
November
- November - Miguel Torres de Andrade, writer and actor (died 1962)
 
Deaths
July
- 30 July - Lauro Müller, politician, diplomat, and military engineer (born 1863)
 
References
- ^ 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
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