1911 in Brazil

← 1910 1909 1908 1911 in Brazil → 1912 1913 1914
Decades:	1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s
See also:	Other events of 1911 Timeline of Brazilian history

Events in the year 1911 in Brazil.

Incumbents

• President: Hermes da Fonseca
• Vice President: Venceslau Brás

For the list of governors of the states of Brazil, see Category:Lists of Brazilian state governors.

Events

• 10 January - The cargo ship Nubia SS runs aground off the coast of Rio Grande do Norte.
• March - Future President Getúlio Vargas marries Darcy Lima Sarmanho.
• 5 March - The Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, one of the earliest medical schools in the country, is founded in Belo Horizonte.
• 1 April - Guarani Futebol Clube is founded in Campinas, São Paulo, by a group of 12 students.
• 15 November - Clube 15 de Novembro is founded at Campo Bom in Rio Grande do Sul.

Arts and culture

Books

• Lima Barreto - Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma

Films

• O conde de Luxemburgo

Births

• 8 February - Lélia Abramo, Italian-Brazilian actress and political activist (died 2004)
• 19 February - Prince Luiz Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, descendant of the Brazilian Imperial Family
• 15 March - Afrânio Coutinho, literary critic and essayist (died 2000)
• 12 May - Charles Sergel, surgeon, missionary doctor and Olympic rower (died 1980)
• 14 August - Bernardo Segall, film composer (died in 1993)
• 21 August - Golbery do Couto e Silva, military leader (died 1987)
• 24 October - Manuel Martins, artist (died 1979)
• 5 December - Carlos Marighella, Marxist revolutionary and writer (died 1969)

Deaths

• 26 July - José Alves de Cerqueira César, politician (born 1835)
• 13 September - Raimundo Correia, poet, judge and magistrate (born 1859)