Events in the year 1930 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

* President of Brazil, 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 of Brazil, Vice President: Fernando de Melo Viana (until 24 October), ''vacant'' after 24 October.

Governors

* :pt:Lista de governadores de Alagoas, Alagoas: ** till 10 October: Álvaro Correia Pais ** 10 October-14 October: Pedro Reginaldo Teixeira ** from 14 October: Hermilo de Freitas Blackbird * List of Governors of Amazonas, 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 * List of Governors of Bahia, Bahia: Vital Soares, then Frederico Augusto Rodrigues da Costa, then Leopoldo Afrânio Bastos do Amaral * List of Governors of Ceará, Ceará: ** till 8 October: José Carlos de Matos Peixoto ** from 8 October: Manuel Fernandes Távora * :pt:Lista de governadores de Goiás, 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 * List of Governors of Maranhão, 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 * List of Governors of Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso: Mário Correia da Costa, then Aníbal Benício de Toledo, then Sebastião Rabelo Leite, then Antonino Mena Gonçalves * List of Governors of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais: ** until 7 September: Antônio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada (politician), Antônio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada ** from 7 September: Olegário Maciel * :pt:Lista de governadores do Pará, 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 * :pt:Lista de governadores da Paraíba, 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 * List of Governors of Paraná, Paraná: ** Afonso Camargo ** Mário Alves Monteiro Tourinho * :pt:Lista de governadores de Pernambuco, Pernambuco: ** until 28 May: Estácio Coimbra ** 28 May - 6 October: Júlio Celso de Albuquerque Belo ** from 6 October: Carlos de Lima Cavalcanti * :pt:Lista de governadores do Piauí, Piauí: ** till 4 October: João de Deus Pires Leal ** from 4 October: Humberto de Areia Leão * Governors of Rio Grande do Norte, 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 * List of Governors of Rio Grande do Sul, 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 * :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

*1 March - Brazilian general election, 1930, 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. *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 (Javari River), 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, Paraíba, João Pessoa, in memory of its assassinated governor. *3 October - Brazilian Revolution of 1930: *24 October - Incumbent President Washington Luís is deposed. A Brazilian Military Junta of 1930, 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. *''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 in Brazil, 2003) *24 April - José Sarney, 31st President of Brazil *7 June - Dolores Duran, Brazilian singer, songwriter (d. 1959) *28 June - Itamar Franco, 33rd President of Brazil (died 2011 in Brazil, 2011) *10 July - Jacques Klein, composer (died 1982 in Brazil, 1982) *22 August - Gylmar dos Santos Neves, footballer (died 2013 in Brazil, 2013) *28 August - Walmor Chagas, actor (died 2013 in Brazil, 2013) *16 August - Glauce Rocha, actress (died 1971 in Brazil, 1971) *2 September - Paulo Francis, journalist, novelist and critic (died 1997 in Brazil, 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 in Brazil, 1939) *19 September - Ruth Cardoso, anthropologist, educator and public figure (died 2008 in Brazil, 2008) *29 October - Geraldo Del Rey, actor (died 1993 in Brazil, 1993)

Deaths

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