1931 in Brazil

← 1930 1929 1928 1931 in Brazil → 1932 1933 1934
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	Other events of 1931 Timeline of Brazilian history

Events in the year 1931 in Brazil.

Incumbents

• President: Getúlio Vargas
• Vice President: none

Events

12 Oct: Statue of Christ the Redeemer

• 12 October - The statue of Christ the Redeemer, overlooking Rio de Janeiro, is consecrated.^[1][2]
• date unknown
  • Frente Negra Brasileira, Brazil's first Black political party, is created.^[3]
  • 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"^[4]

Births

• 8 January - Ozires Silva, entrepreneur, founder of Embraer
• 19 January - Ottomar Pinto, politician, Governor of Roraima (2004–2007), heart attack
• 16 March - Augusto Boal, theatre director, writer and politician (died 2009)^[5]
• 2 March - Ruth Rocha, writer
• 31 March - Ary Fernandes, playwright, actor, producer and filmmaker (died 2010)^[6]
• 10 June - João Gilberto, singer and guitarist
• 18 June - Fernando Henrique Cardoso, 34th President of Brazil
• 3 September - Paulo Maluf, politician
• 17 October - José Alencar, politician

Deaths

• 26 January - Graça Aranha, writer and diplomat (born 1868)
• 9 June - Henrique Oswald, pianist and composer (born 1852)^[7]
• 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)^[8]

See also

• 1931 in Brazilian football

References

1. "Brazil: Crocovado mountain – Statue of Christ". Travel Channel. Retrieved July 7, 2007.
2. "Sanctuary Status for Rio landmark". BBC. October 13, 2006. Archived from the original on 12 January 2008. Retrieved July 7, 2007.
3. 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)
4. Discography of Américo Jacomino Canhoto
5. O Palco. Biographical info Augusto Boal (In Portuguese).
6. Morre dramaturgo criador do Vigilante Rodoviário Portal de notícias Parana-online (Portuguese) - accessed 29 August 2010
7. Henrique Oswald: A Biography of a Forgotten Brazilian Master by Fausto Borem de Oliveira
8. "Oscar Cox" (in Portuguese). Fluminense Football Club. Archived from the original on 21 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-10.