Events in the year 1919 in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

Incumbents

Federal government

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

Delfim Moreira Delfim Moreira da Costa Ribeiro (; 7 November 1868 – 1 July 1920) was a Brazilian politician who served as tenth president of Brazil. Biography He was born in Minas Gerais state to a Portuguese father and to a Portuguese Brazilian mother wh ...

(acting; until 28 July);

Epitácio Pessoa Epitácio Lindolfo da Silva Pessoa (; 23 May 1865 – 13 February 1942) was a Brazilian politician and jurist who served as 11th president of Brazil between 1919 and 1922, when Rodrigues Alves was unable to take office due to illness, after bein ...

(from 18 July) *

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on ...

: Delfim Moreira

Governors

Alagoas Alagoas (, ) is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and NW); Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is the city of Maceió. ...

: José Fernandes de Barros Lima * Amazonas: Pedro de Alcântara Bacelar *

Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro) and the 5th-largest b ...

Antônio Ferrão Muniz de Aragão Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male ...

* Ceará: João Tomé de Sabóia e Silva *

Goiás Goiás () is a Brazilian state located in the Center-West region. Goiás borders the Federal District and the states of (from north clockwise) Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso. The state capital is Goi ...

: ** until April 24: Joaquim Rufino Ramos Jubé ** from April 24: João Alves de Castro *

Maranhão Maranhão () is a state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of . Clockwise from north, it borders on the Atlantic Ocean for 2,243 km and the states of Piauí, Tocantins and ...

Urbano Santos Urbano Santos is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil. The municipality contains part of the Upaon-Açu/Miritiba/Alto Preguiças Environmental Protection Area, created in 1992. See also *List of municipalit ...

* Mato Grosso: Francisco de Aquino Correia *

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

Artur Bernardes Artur da Silva Bernardes (; 8 August 1875 – 23 March 1955) was a Brazilian politician who served as 12th president of Brazil during the First Brazilian Republic. Born in Viçosa, Minas Gerais, he was elected Governor of Minas Gerais in 1918. ...

* :pt:Lista de governadores do Pará, Pará: Lauro Sodré * :pt:Lista de governadores da Paraíba, Paraíba: Francisco Camilo de Holanda * List of Governors of Paraná, Paraná: Afonso Camargo * :pt:Lista de governadores de Pernambuco, Pernambuco: ** until 18 December: Manuel Antônio Pereira Borba ** 18 December - 24 December: José Henrique Carneiro da Cunha ** from 24 December: José Rufino Bezerra Cavalcanti * :pt:Lista de governadores do Piauí, Piauí: Eurípedes Clementino de Aguiar * Governors of Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Norte: Joaquim Ferreira Chaves * List of Governors of Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros * :pt:Lista de governadores de Santa Catarina, Santa Catarina: * List of Governors of São Paulo, São Paulo: * :pt:Lista de governadores de Sergipe, Sergipe:

Vice governors

* :pt:Lista de vice-governadores do Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Norte: * :pt:Lista de vice-governadores de São Paulo, São Paulo:

Events

*13 April - In the Brazilian presidential election, 1919, presidential election brought about by the death of Rodrigues Alves,

of the Paraíba Republican Party receives 71.0% of the vote. *24 April - Ford Brasil, a subsidiary of the Ford Motor Company, is founded. *11 May, 11-29 May - The 1919 South American Championship football tournament is held in Rio de Janeiro, with 1919 South American Championship final, Brazil winning it. *28 July - Epitácio Pessoa takes office as President, replacing acting President Delfim Moreira, who continues as Vice President.

Births

*13 March - Edgard Cognat, painter and sculptor (died 1994 in Brazil, 1994) *10 May - Antônio Olinto, writer and translator (died 2006 in Brazil, 2006) *12 June - Rui Moreira Lima, fighter pilot (died 2013 in Brazil, 2013) *21 June - Nelson Gonçalves, singer and songwriter (died 1998 in Brazil, 1998) *8 July - Helena Salles, swimmer (died 2011 in Brazil, 2011) *18 October - Orlando Drummond, actor (died 2021 in Brazil, 2021) *11 November - Armando Falcão, politician (died 2010 in Brazil, 2010) *31 December - Carmen da Silva, psychoanalyst and feminist journalist (died 1985 in Brazil, 1985)

Deaths

*16 January - Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, President-elect of Brazil (born 1848 in Brazil, 1848; Spanish flu)