Events in the year 1912 in Brazil.
Incumbents Federal government President: Marshal Hermes da Fonseca Vice President: Venceslau Brás
Governors Alagoas: till 13 March: Euclid Vieira Malta 13 March - 12 June: Macário das Chagas Rocha Lessa from 12 June: Clodoaldo da Fonseca Amazonas: Antônio Clemente Ribeiro Bittencourt Bahia: Aurélio Rodrigues Viana, then Bráulio Xavier, then José Joaquim Seabra Ceará: till 24 January: Antônio Nogueira Accioli 24 January - 12 July Antônio Frederico de Carvalho Mota 12 July - 14 July Belisário Cícero Alexandrino from 14 July: Marcos Franco Rabelo Goiás: until March 30: Urbano Coelho de Gouveia 30 March - 24 May: Joaquim Rufino Ramos Jubé from 24 May: Herculano de Sousa Lobo Maranhão: Luís Antônio Domingues da Silva Mato Grosso: Joaquim Augusto da Costa Marques Minas Gerais: Júlio Bueno Brandão Pará: João Antônio Luís Coelho Paraíba: until 22 October: João Lopes Machado from 22 October: João Castro Pinto Paraná: Francisco Xavier da Silva Carlos Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Pernambuco: Emídio Dantas Barreto Piauí: until 1 July: Antonino Freire da Silva from 1 July: Miguel de Paiva Rosa Rio Grande do Norte: Alberto Maranhão Rio Grande do Sul: Carlos Barbosa Gonçalves Santa Catarina: São Paulo: Sergipe:
Vice governors Rio Grande do Norte: São Paulo:
Events 20 September - Clube de Regatas Brasil is founded. October - Beginning of the Contestado War, a dispute between settlers and landowners.Diacon, Todd A. Millenarian Vision, Capitalist Reality: Brazil's Contestado Rebellion, 1912–1916 (Duke University Press 1991), 19 December - The Federal University of Paraná is established.Official Homepage (Portuguese) 29 December - The federal government sends in 200 federal troops to deal with ongoing trouble in the State of Santa Catarina.
Births 9 April - Amácio Mazzaropi, actor (died 1981) 12 April - Oswaldo Louzada, actor (died 2008) 24 April - Aymoré Moreira, footballer (died 1998)Aymoré Moreira in the Sports Museum 13 June - Avelar Brandão Vilela, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (died 1986)New York Times. Cardinal Brandao Vilela Dies; Head of the Brazilian Church December 21, 1986 25 June - Carvalho Leite, footballer (died 2004) 29 July - Max Wolff, sergeant killed in World War IIEsSA Max Wolff Filho (Portuguese) (died 1945) 6 August - Adoniran Barbosa, singer and composer (died 1982) 10 August - Jorge Amado, writer (died 2001) 5 October – João Marinho Neto, Supercentenarian, World’s Oldest living man from 25 November 2024. 13 December - Luiz Gonzaga, singer, songwriter, and poet (died 1989) 22 December - Alberto Zarzur, footballer (died 1958)
Deaths 22 October - José Maria de Santo Agostinho, mystic (born 1889; killed by Brazilian state military and police)
References
See also 1912 in Brazilian football