1920 in Brazil

Events in the year 1920 in Brazil.

Federal government

 * President: Epitácio Pessoa
 * Vice President: Delfim Moreira (until 1 July); vacant (1 July to 10 November); Francisco Álvaro Bueno de Paiva (from 10 November)

Governors

 * Alagoas: José Fernandes de Barros Lima
 * Amazonas: Pedro de Alcântara Bacelar
 * Bahia: Antônio Ferrão Muniz de Aragão, then José Joaquim Seabra
 * Ceará:
 * till 12 July: João Tomé de Sabóia e Silva
 * from 12 12 July: Justiniano de Serpa
 * Goiás: João Alves de Castro
 * Maranhão: Urbano Santos
 * Mato Grosso: Francisco de Aquino Correia
 * Minas Gerais: Artur Bernardes
 * Pará: Lauro Sodré
 * Paraíba:
 * till 22 October: Francisco Camilo de Holanda
 * from 22 October: Sólon Barbosa de Lucena
 * Paraná:
 * Afonso Camargo
 * Caetano Munhoz da Rocha
 * Pernambuco:
 * till 28 October: José Rufino Bezerra Cavalcanti
 * from 28 October: Otávio Hamilton Tavares Barreto
 * Piauí:
 * till 1 July: Eurípedes Clementino de Aguiar
 * from 1 July: João Luís Ferreira
 * 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

 * 20 April - Opening ceremony of the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, at which Brazil competes for the first time. Sport shooter Guilherme Paraense is the first Brazilian to win a gold medal.

Books

 * Monteiro Lobato writes the first of his Sítio do Picapau Amarelo novel series.

Films

 * Coração de Gaúcho, directed by and starring Luiz de Barros
 * O Crime de Cravinhos, directed by Arturo Carrari and starring Rodolfo Arena.
 * O Garimpeiro, directed by and starring Vittorio Capellaro

Births

 * 9 January - João Cabral de Melo Neto, poet and diplomat (died 1999)
 * 21 April - Anselmo Duarte, actor, screenwriter and film director (died 2009)
 * 26 July - Celso Furtado (died 2004)

Deaths

 * 26 March - Prince Luís, claimant to the Brazilian throne (born 1878; rheumatism)
 * 1 July - Delfim Moreira, politician (born 1868)
 * 16 October - Alberto Nepomuceno, conductor and composer (born 1864)