Events in the year 1931 in Brazil.
Incumbents Federal government President: Getúlio Vargas (Head of the Provisional Government) Vice President: none
Governors Alagoas: till 9 August: Hermilo de Freitas Blackbird 9 August-31 October: Louis de France Albuquerque from 31 October: Tasso de Oliveira Tinoco Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia Bahia: Leopoldo Afrânio Bastos do Amaral, then Raimundo Rodrigues Barbosa, then Juracy Magalhães Ceará: till 13 June: Manuel Fernandes Távora 13 June - 22 September: João da Silva Leal from 22 September: Roberto Carneiro de Mendonça Goiás: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira Maranhão: till 9 January: José Maria Perdigão 9 January - 18 August: Astolfo Serra 18 August - 8 September: Joaquim Aquino Correia from 8 September: Lourival Seroa da Mota Mato Grosso: Antonino Mena Gonçalves, then Artur Antunes Maciel Minas Gerais: Olegário Maciel Pará: Joaquim de Magalhães Barata Paraíba: Antenor de França Navarro Paraná: Mário Alves Monteiro Tourinho João Perneta Pernambuco: Carlos de Lima Cavalcanti Piauí: till 29 January: Humberto de Areia Leão 29 January - 21 May: Joaquim de Lemos Cunha from 21 May: Landry Sales Rio Grande do Norte: till 28 January: Irenaeus Jofili 29 January - 31 July: Aluisio de Moura Andrade from 31 July: Hercolino Cascardo Rio Grande do Sul: José Antônio Flores da Cunha Santa Catarina: São Paulo: Sergipe:
Vice governors Rio Grande do Norte: São Paulo:
Events
15 January – Eleven Italian seaplanes led by Italo Balbo land at Botafogo Bay after a 6,000 mile flight from Italy that began on 17 December. The pilots are greeted by President Getúlio Vargas. 16 September – Frente Negra Brasileira, Brazil's first Black political party, is founded.Kimberly Jones-de-Oliveira, "The Politics of Culture or the Culture of Politics: Afro-Brazilian Mobilization, 1920–1968," Journal of Third World Studies, v. 20, part I (2003) 12 October – The statue of Christ the Redeemer, overlooking Rio de Janeiro, is consecrated. date unknown The Caiçaras Club is founded in Rio de Janeiro.
Arts and culture Books Jorge Amado – O País do Carnaval (The Country of Carnival) Júlio Afrânio Peixoto – História da literatura brasileira
Films Limite, directed by Mário Peixoto
Music Zequinha de Abreu's piece "Tico-Tico no Farelo" is renamed "Tico-Tico no Fubá"Discography of Américo Jacomino Canhoto
Births 8 January – Ozires Silva, entrepreneur, founder of Embraer 19 January – Ottomar Pinto, politician, Governor of Roraima (2004–2007) (died 2007) Ítalo Rossi, actor (died 2011)
10 February – Cauby Peixoto, singer (died 2016) 14 February – Newton de Sordi, footballer (died 2013) 16 March – Augusto Boal, theatre director, writer and politician (died 2009)O Palco. Biographical info Augusto Boal (In Portuguese). 2 March – Ruth Rocha, writer 31 March – Ary Fernandes, playwright, actor, producer and filmmaker (died 2010)Morre dramaturgo criador do Vigilante Rodoviário Portal de notícias Parana-online (Portuguese) – accessed 29 August 2010 12 April – Chico Anysio, actor (died 2012) 17 April – Benedito Ruy Barbosa, screenwriter (died 2026) 28 April – Nair Bello, actress and comedian (died 2007) 8 May – Etty Fraser, actress (died 2018) 10 June – João Gilberto, singer and guitarist (died 2019) 13 June – Moysés Baumstein, holographer and artist (died 1991) 18 June – Fernando Henrique Cardoso, 34th President of Brazil 29 June – Palmirinha Onofre, cook and television presenter (died 2023)Morre Palmirinha Onofre, cozinheira e apresentadora ícone da TV, aos 91 anos 9 August – Mário Zagallo, footballer and manager (died 2024) 3 September – Paulo Maluf, politician 16 October – Mílton Alves da Silva, football player (died 1973) 17 October – José Alencar, politician (died 2011)
Deaths 26 January – Graça Aranha, writer and diplomat (born 1868) 9 June – Henrique Oswald, pianist and composer (born 1852)Henrique Oswald: A Biography of a Forgotten Brazilian Master by Fausto Borem de Oliveira 24 July – Nonô, footballer (born 1899) 8 September – Prince Luiz Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, descendant of the Brazilian Imperial Family (born 1911) 6 October – Oscar Cox, sportsman (born 1880)
References
See also 1931 in Brazilian football List of Brazilian films of 1931