Events in the year 1920 in Brazil.
Incumbents Federal government President: Epitácio Pessoa Vice President: Delfim Moreira (until 1 July); vacant (1 July to 10 November); Francisco Álvaro Bueno de Paiva (from 10 November)
Governors Alagoas: José Fernandes de Barros Lima Amazonas: Pedro de Alcântara Bacelar Bahia: Antônio Ferrão Muniz de Aragão, then José Joaquim Seabra Ceará: till 12 July: João Tomé de Sabóia e Silva from 12 12 July: Justiniano de Serpa Goiás: João Alves de Castro Maranhão: Urbano Santos Mato Grosso: Francisco de Aquino Correia Minas Gerais: Artur Bernardes Pará: Lauro Sodré Paraíba: till 22 October: Francisco Camilo de Holanda from 22 October: Sólon Barbosa de Lucena Paraná: Afonso Camargo Caetano Munhoz da Rocha Pernambuco: till 28 October: José Rufino Bezerra Cavalcanti from 28 October: Otávio Hamilton Tavares Barreto Piauí: till 1 July: Eurípedes Clementino de Aguiar from 1 July: João Luís Ferreira Rio Grande do Norte: Joaquim Ferreira Chaves Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros Santa Catarina: São Paulo: Sergipe:
Vice governors Rio Grande do Norte: São Paulo:
Events 20 April - Opening ceremony of the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, at which Brazil competes for the first time.Official Olympic Reports Sport shooter Guilherme Paraense is the first Brazilian to win a gold medal.
Arts and culture
Books Monteiro Lobato writes the first of his Sítio do Picapau Amarelo novel series.
Films Coração de Gaúcho, directed by and starring Luiz de Barros O Crime de Cravinhos, directed by Arturo Carrari and starring Rodolfo Arena. O Garimpeiro, directed by and starring Vittorio Capellaro
Births 9 January - João Cabral de Melo Neto, poet and diplomat (died 1999)Academia Brasileira de Letras profile of João Cabral de Melo Neto 21 April - Anselmo Duarte, actor, screenwriter and film director (died 2009) 26 July - Celso Furtado (died 2004)
Deaths 26 March - Prince Luís, claimant to the Brazilian throne (born 1878; rheumatism)Barman, Roderick J. (2002). Princess Isabel of Brazil: gender and power in the nineteenth century. Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources. . BR História. nº 4, Year 1. Duetto, 2007. p 232 1 July - Delfim Moreira, politician (born 1868) 16 October - Alberto Nepomuceno, conductor and composer (born 1864)
References
See also 1920 in Brazilian football