1925 in Brazil

Events in the year 1925 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

Governors

  • Alagoas: Pedro da Costa Rego
  • Amazonas: Alfredo Sá
  • Bahia: Góis Calmon
  • Ceará: José Moreira da Rocha
  • Goiás:
    • till 14 July: Miguel da Rocha Lima
    • from 14 July: Brasil Caiado
  • Maranhão: Godofredo Mendes Viana
  • Mato Grosso: Estêvão Alves Correia
  • Minas Gerais: Fernando de Mello Viana
  • Pará:
    • till 1 February: Antônio Emiliano de Sousa
    • from 1 February: Dionísio Bentes
  • Paraíba: João Suassuna
  • Paraná: Caetano Munhoz da Rocha
  • Pernambuco: Sérgio Teixeira Lins de Barros Loreto
  • Piauí: Matias Olímpio de Melo
  • Rio Grande do Norte: José Augusto Bezerra de Medeiros
  • Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros
  • Santa Catarina:
  • São Paulo:
  • Sergipe:

Vice governors

Events

  • 12 April - The Coluna Prestes movement is launched at a meeting in Foz do Iguaçu.[1]
  • 29 May - British explorer Percy Fawcett sent a last telegram to his wife, before he disappears in the Amazon.

Arts and culture

Films

  • Aitaré da Praia, directed by Gentil Roiz and starring José Amaro
  • Quando Elas Querem, directed by Eugenio Centenaro Kerrigan and starring Luiz de Barros
  • La Mujer de medianoche, directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Paulo Benedetti

Births

  • 23 October: Cardinal José Freire Falcão (died 2021)

Deaths

May

  • 28 May: João Pinheiro Chagas, journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (born 1863)

August

  • 28 August: João Ghelfi, painter (born 1890)[2]

December

  • 8 December: Mário de Alencar, poet, short story writer, journalist, lawyer and novelist (born 1872)[3]

References

  1. ^ PRESTES, Anita Leocádia. A Coluna Prestes- Uma Epopeia Brasileira Archived 2011-05-20 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Ghelfi, John (2001). Pintores da Paisagem Paranaense. Curitiba: Secretaria de Estado da Cultura—Solar do Rosário. p. 202.
  3. ^ Mário de Alencar's biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (in Portuguese)

See also

  • 1925 in Brazilian football