1918 in Brazil

Events in the year 1918 in Brazil.

Federal government

 * President: Venceslau Brás (until 14 November); Delfim Moreira (acting; from 15 November)
 * Vice President: Urbano Santos da Costa Araújo (until 14 November); Delfim Moreira (from 15 November)

Governors

 * Alagoas: João Batista Accioli Jr. (till 12 June); José Fernandes de Barros Lima (from 12 June)
 * Amazonas: Pedro de Alcântara Bacelar
 * Bahia: Antônio Ferrão Muniz de Aragão
 * Ceará: João Tomé de Sabóia e Silva
 * Goiás:
 * until 21 December: João Alves de Castro
 * from 21 December: Joaquim Rufino Ramos Jubé
 * Maranhão:
 * until 1 March: Antônio Brício de Araújo
 * 1 March - 9 October: José Joaquim Marques
 * 9 October - 21 October: Raul da Cunha Machado
 * from 21 October: Urbano Santos
 * Mato Grosso: Cipriano da Costa Ferreira, then Francisco de Aquino Correia
 * Minas Gerais:
 * until 7 September: Delfim Moreira
 * from 7 September: Artur Bernardes
 * Pará: Lauro Sodré
 * Paraíba: Francisco Camilo de Holanda
 * Paraná: Afonso Camargo
 * Pernambuco: Manuel Antônio Pereira Borba
 * Piauí: Eurípedes Clementino de Aguiar
 * Rio Grande do Norte: Joaquim Ferreira Chaves
 * Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros
 * Santa Catarina:
 * São Paulo:
 * Sergipe:

Vice governors

 * Rio Grande do Norte:
 * São Paulo:

Events

 * 30 January - Ministerial Notice No. 501 is issued, establishing the Naval Division for War Operations (Divisão Naval em Operações de Guerra - DNOG).
 * 1 March - Brazilian general election, 1918: Former president Rodrigues Alves receives 99.1% of the vote.
 * June - The Brazilian battleship São Paulo is sent to the USA for a full refit.
 * 18 August - The Brazilian Medical Mission, led by Dr. Nabuco Gouveia and directed by General Aché, is established with 86 doctors.
 * 24 September - The Brazilian Medical Mission lands at Marseilles, France, and supports the local population during a flu outbreak, ensuring the continuity of logistical support to the troops at the front.
 * 15 November - President-elect Rodrigues Alves, suffering from influenza, is unable to take office on the scheduled date, and is replaced by Vice President Delfim Moreira.

Births

 * 15 January - João Figueiredo, military leader and politician (died 1999)
 * 21 February - Alberto Ruschel, actor (died 1996)
 * 1 March - João Goulart, 24th President of Brazil (died 1976)
 * 24 July - Antonio Candido, writer, academic, sociologist and literary critic (died 2017)
 * 28 October - José Leite Lopes, physicist (died 2006)

Deaths

 * 1 November - Eurípedes Barsanulfo, educator, pharmacist, politician and prominent spiritualist medium (born 1880)
 * 27 November - Belfort Duarte, footballer (born 1883; murdered)
 * 28 December - Olavo Bilac, Parnassian poet, journalist and translator (born 1865)