1930 in Brazil

Events in the year 1930 in Brazil.

Federal government

 * President:
 * (until 24 October) Washington Luís
 * (from 24 October to 3 November) General Tasso Fragoso, Admiral Isaías de Noronha, General Mena Barreto
 * (from 3 November) Getúlio Vargas (Head of the Provisional Government)
 * Vice President: Fernando de Melo Viana (until 24 October), vacant after 24 October.

Governors

 * Alagoas:
 * till 10 October: Álvaro Correia Pais
 * 10 October-14 October: Pedro Reginaldo Teixeira
 * from 14 October: Hermilo de Freitas Blackbird
 * Amazonas:
 * till 1 January: Ifigênio Ferreira de Sales
 * 1 January-24 October: Dorval Pires Porto
 * 24 October-1 November: Government Junta
 * 1 November-20 November: Floriano da Silva Machado
 * from 20 November: Álvaro Botelho Maia
 * Bahia: Vital Soares, then Frederico Augusto Rodrigues da Costa, then Leopoldo Afrânio Bastos do Amaral
 * Ceará:
 * till 8 October: José Carlos de Matos Peixoto
 * from 8 October: Manuel Fernandes Távora
 * Goiás:
 * till 11 August: Alfredo Lopes de Morais
 * 11 August - 27 October: Humberto Martins Ribeiro
 * 27 - 30 October: Carlos Pinheiro Chagas
 * 30 October - 23 November: Goiana Governing Board of 1930
 * from 23 November: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira
 * Maranhão:
 * till 1 March: José Magalhães de Almeida
 * 1 March - 8 October: José Pires Sexto
 * 8 October - 14 November: Maranhão Governing Board of 1930
 * 15 November - 27 November: Luso Torres
 * from 27 November: José Maria Perdigão
 * Mato Grosso: Mário Correia da Costa, then Aníbal Benício de Toledo, then Sebastião Rabelo Leite, then Antonino Mena Gonçalves
 * Minas Gerais:
 * until 7 September: Antônio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada
 * from 7 September: Olegário Maciel
 * Pará:
 * until 24 October: Eurico de Freitas Vale
 * 24 October - 26 October: Pará Governing Board of October 1930
 * 26 October - 28 October: Landry Sales Gonçalves
 * 28 October - 12 November: Pará Governing Board of 1930
 * from 12 November: Joaquim de Magalhães Barata
 * Paraíba:
 * until 26 July: João Pessoa Cavalcanti
 * 26 July - 4 October: Álvaro Pereira de Carvalho
 * 4 October - 26 November: José Américo de Almeida
 * from 26 November: Antenor de França Navarro
 * Paraná:
 * Afonso Camargo
 * Mário Alves Monteiro Tourinho
 * Pernambuco:
 * until 28 May: Estácio Coimbra
 * 28 May - 6 October: Júlio Celso de Albuquerque Belo
 * from 6 October: Carlos de Lima Cavalcanti
 * Piauí:
 * till 4 October: João de Deus Pires Leal
 * from 4 October: Humberto de Areia Leão
 * Rio Grande do Norte:
 * till 5 October: Juvenal Lamartine de Faria
 * 5-12 October: Military Governing Board, consisting of: Luis Tavares Guerreiro, Abelardo Torres da Silva Castro, and Julius Perouse Bridges
 * from 12 October: Irenaeus Jofili
 * Rio Grande do Sul:
 * till 9 October: Getúlio Dornelles Vargas
 * 9-27 October: Osvaldo Euclides de Sousa Aranha
 * 27-28 October: Sinval Saldanha
 * from 28 October: José Antônio Flores da Cunha
 * Santa Catarina: Adolfo Konder (until 29 September), Fulvius Aducci (29 September-25 October)
 * São Paulo: Julio Prestes (until 24 October)
 * Sergipe: Manuel Correia Dantas (until 17 October)

Vice governors

 * Rio Grande do Norte: Joaquim Inácio (until 5 October)
 * São Paulo: Heitor Teixeira Penteado (until 21 May)

Events

 * 1 March - A general election is held; Júlio Prestes of the Republican Party of São Paulo, receives 57.7% of the vote and is elected president. Vital Soares is elected vice-president, but never takes office.
 * 16 July - Our Lady of Aparecida is proclaimed the Patroness of Brazil, by decree of Pope Pius XI.
 * 26 July - The assassination of João Pessoa Cavalcânti de Albuquerque, governor of Paraíba, by João Duarte Dantas, stirs up a wave of bad feeling toward the federal government and the outgoing president Washington Luís, who is accused of bearing the "moral responsibility".
 * 13 August - 1930 Curuçá River event: The area of Curuçá River near latitude 5° S and longitude 71.5° W experiences a meteoric air burst (also known as the Brazilian Tunguska event).
 * September - The state capital of Paraíba, formerly Parahyba, is renamed João Pessoa, in memory of its assassinated governor.
 * 3 October - Brazilian Revolution of 1930.
 * 24 October - Incumbent President Washington Luís is deposed. A military junta, led by General Augusto Tasso Fragoso, temporarily takes control of the country.
 * 1 November - Beginning of the Vargas Era: the ruling junta hands power and the presidential palace to Getúlio Vargas.
 * 18 November - A decree is signed creating the Brazilian Bar Association.
 * date unknown - The National Institute of Metrology Standardization and Industrial Quality (INMETRO) is founded.

Films

 * As Armas, directed by Octavio Gabus Mendes

Births

 * 29 March - Lima Duarte, actor
 * 21 April - Mário Covas, politician (died 2003)
 * 24 April - José Sarney, 31st President of Brazil
 * 7 June - Dolores Duran, Brazilian singer, songwriter (d. 1959)
 * 10 July - Jacques Klein, composer (died 1982)
 * 22 August - Gylmar dos Santos Neves, footballer (died 2013)
 * 28 August - Walmor Chagas, actor (died 2013)
 * 16 August - Glauce Rocha, actress (died 1971)
 * 2 September - Paulo Francis, journalist, novelist and critic (died 1997)
 * 10 September - Ferreira Gullar (José Ribamar Ferreira), poet, playwright, essayist, art critic, and television writer
 * 15 September - Odette Vidal de Oliveira, candidate for beatification (died 1939)
 * 19 September - Ruth Cardoso, anthropologist, educator and public figure (died 2008)
 * 29 October - Geraldo Del Rey, actor (died 1993)
 * 12 December - Silvio Santos, television presenter

Deaths

 * 26 July - João Pessoa Cavalcânti de Albuquerque, politician (born 1878; assassinated)