1912 in Brazil

Events in the year 1912 in Brazil.

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.
 * 19 December - The Federal University of Paraná is established.
 * 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)
 * 13 June - Avelar Brandão Vilela, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (died 1986)
 * 25 June - Carvalho Leite, footballer (died 2004)
 * 29 July - Max Wolff, sergeant killed in World War II (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)