# 1930 in Brazil

Events in the year 1930 in Brazil.

## Incumbents
### 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.

## Arts and culture
### 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 (died 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 (died 2024)

## Deaths

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