Events in the year 1921 in Brazil.
Incumbents Federal government President: Epitácio Pessoa Vice President: Francisco Álvaro Bueno de Paiva
Governors Alagoas: till 1 March: José Fernandes de Barros Lima 1 March-12 June: Manuel Capitolino da Rocha Carvalho from 12 June: José Fernandes de Barros Lima Amazonas: César do Rego Monteiro Bahia: José Joaquim Seabra Ceará: Justiniano de Serpa Goiás: till 14 July: João Alves de Castro from 14 July: Eugênio Rodrigues Jardim Maranhão: Urbano Santos Mato Grosso: Francisco de Aquino Correia Minas Gerais: Artur Bernardes Pará: till 1 February: Lauro Sodré from 1 February Antônio Emiliano de Sousa Paraíba: Sólon Barbosa de Lucena Paraná: Caetano Munhoz da Rocha Pernambuco: till 3 June: Otávio Hamilton Tavares Barreto from 3 June: Severino Marques de Queirós Pinheiro Piauí: João Luís Ferreira Rio Grande do Norte: Antonio José de Melo e Sousa Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros Santa Catarina: São Paulo: Sergipe:
Vice governors Rio Grande do Norte: São Paulo:
Events 2 January – The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in Brazil. February – Antoun Saadeh arrives in Brazil with his father, a prominent Arabic-language journalist. 22 May – The Estádio Antônio R. Guimarães is opened at Santa Bárbara d'Oeste. October - The government implements a new policy in defense of coffee, for the third time in the history of the Republic.Presidential Library: Biography of Pessoa. Accessed 14 February 2014 date unknown – The Correio da Manhã publishes letters supposedly sent by Artur Bernardes and Raul Soares de Moura, containing insults towards the Armed Forces and Marshal Hermes da Fonseca.
Arts and culture Films Um Crime no Parque Paulista, directed by Arturo Carrari and starring Nicola Tartaglione Carlitinhos and Perversidade, short films directed by José Medina
Births 13 April – Dona Ivone Lara, singer (died 2018) 12 May – Ruth de Souza, actress (died 2019) 5 June – Zuzu Angel, fashion designer and political campaigner (died 1976)"Zuzu Angel" . UOL Educação. Retrieved 15 July 2013. 19 September – Paulo Freire, philosopher (died 1997) 26 September - Carlos Zéfiro, artist (died 1992)
Deaths 28 January – Luis Soares Horta Barbosa, Deputy Grand Master of Brazil's Freemasons.A Short History of Freemasonry in Brazil – William Almeida de Carvalho. Accessed 14 February 2014 26 March – Leonel Martiniano de Alencar, Baron of Alencar, lawyer and diplomat (born 1832) 14 November – Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, nicknamed "the Redemptress", heiress presumptive to the throne of the Empire of Brazil (born 1846)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
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See also 1921 in Brazilian football