1922 in Brazil

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Epitácio Pessoa ; Artur Bernardes
• Vice President: Francisco Álvaro Bueno de Paiva ; Estácio de Albuquerque Coimbra

  Governors

• :pt:Lista de governadores de Alagoas|Alagoas:
• Amazonas:
• Bahia:
• Ceará:
• :pt:Lista de governadores de Goiás|Goiás:
• Maranhão:
• Mato Grosso:
• Minas Gerais:
• :pt:Lista de governadores do Pará|Pará:
• :pt:Lista de governadores da Paraíba|Paraíba:
• Paraná:
• :pt:Lista de governadores de Pernambuco|Pernambuco:
• :pt:Lista de governadores do Piauí|Piauí:
• Rio Grande do Norte:
• Rio Grande do Sul:
• :pt:Lista de governadores de Santa Catarina|Santa Catarina:
• São Paulo:
• :pt:Lista de governadores de Sergipe|Sergipe:

  Vice governors

• :pt:Lista de vice-governadores do Rio Grande do Norte|Rio Grande do Norte:
• :pt:Lista de vice-governadores de São Paulo|São Paulo:

  Events

• 11-18 February - Modern Art Week is held in São Paulo, marking the beginning of Brazilian Modernism.
• 1 March - In the Brazilian presidential election, Artur Bernardes of the Mineiro Republican Party receives 56.0% of the vote.
• 5 July - The 18 of the Copacabana Fort revolt occurs in Rio de Janeiro, then Federal District of Brazil. It is the first revolt of the tenentista movement, in the context of the Brazilian Old Republic.
• date unknown - Adalgisa Ferreira marries Ismael Nery.

  Arts and culture

Books

• Os Bruzundangas

  Films

• Do Rio a São Paulo Para Casar, directed by José Medina and starring Waldemar Moreno
• O Furto dos 500 Milhões de Réis, directed by Arturo Carrari and starring José Fontana

  Births

• 7 January - Leopoldo Nachbin, mathematician
• 4 April - Dionísio Azevedo, actor
• 1 June - Bibi Ferreira, actress
• 13 October - Gilberto Mendes, composer
• 26 October - Darcy Ribeiro, anthropologist, author and politician

  Deaths

• date unknown - Graciano dos Santos Neves, physician and politician
• May 7 - Urbano Santos da Costa Araújo, vice president