1918 in Brazil

Brazil-related events during 1918

1918 in Brazil
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Year of Constitution: 1891

Events in the year 1918 in Brazil.

Incumbents

President: Venceslau Brás (until 14 November); Delfim Moreira (acting; from 15 November)
Vice President: Urbano Santos da Costa Araújo (until 14 November); Delfim Moreira (from 15 November)

Alagoas: João Batista Accioli Jr. (till 12 June); José Fernandes de Barros Lima (from 12 June)
Amazonas: Pedro de Alcântara Bacelar
Bahia: Antônio Ferrão Muniz de Aragão
Ceará: João Tomé de Sabóia e Silva
Goiás:
- until 21 December: João Alves de Castro
- from 21 December: Joaquim Rufino Ramos Jubé
Maranhão:
- until 1 March: Antônio Brício de Araújo
- 1 March - 9 October: José Joaquim Marques
- 9 October - 21 October: Raul da Cunha Machado
- from 21 October: Urbano Santos
Mato Grosso: Cipriano da Costa Ferreira, then Francisco de Aquino Correia
Minas Gerais:
- until 7 September: Delfim Moreira
- from 7 September: Artur Bernardes
Pará: Lauro Sodré
Paraíba: Francisco Camilo de Holanda
Paraná: Afonso Camargo
Pernambuco: Manuel Antônio Pereira Borba
Piauí: Eurípedes Clementino de Aguiar
Rio Grande do Norte: Joaquim Ferreira Chaves
Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros
Santa Catarina:
São Paulo:
Sergipe:

30 January - Ministerial Notice No. 501 is issued, establishing the Naval Division for War Operations (Divisão Naval em Operações de Guerra - DNOG).^[1]
1 March - Brazilian general election, 1918:^[2] Former president Rodrigues Alves receives 99.1% of the vote.
June - The Brazilian battleship São Paulo is sent to the USA for a full refit.^[3]
18 August - The Brazilian Medical Mission, led by Dr. Nabuco Gouveia and directed by General Aché, is established with 86 doctors.
24 September - The Brazilian Medical Mission lands at Marseilles, France, and supports the local population during a flu outbreak, ensuring the continuity of logistical support to the troops at the front.
15 November - President-elect Rodrigues Alves, suffering from influenza, is unable to take office on the scheduled date, and is replaced by Vice President Delfim Moreira.

15 January - João Figueiredo, military leader and politician (died 1999)
21 February - Alberto Ruschel, actor (died 1996)
1 March - João Goulart, 24th President of Brazil (died 1976)
24 July - Antonio Candido, writer, academic, sociologist and literary critic (died 2017)
28 October - José Leite Lopes, physicist (died 2006)

1 November - Eurípedes Barsanulfo, educator, pharmacist, politician and prominent spiritualist medium (born 1880)
27 November - Belfort Duarte, footballer (born 1883; murdered)^[4]
28 December - Olavo Bilac, Parnassian poet, journalist and translator (born 1865)

^ Francisco Verras; "D.N.O.G.: contribuicao da Marinha Brasileira na Grande Guerra" ("DNOG; the role of Brazilian Navy in the Great War") (in Portuguese) "A Noite" Ed. 1920
^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
^ Robert L Scheina, Latin America's Wars, Washington, D.C.: Brassey's, 2003. ISBN 1-57488-452-2. p 37.
^ Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 1. Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A. 2001. p. 35. ISBN 85-88651-01-7.

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