Tenentism

Tenente revolts
	; The tenentes after leaving Fort Copacabana fort on 6 July 1922
Date	1922–1930
Location	Brazil
Result	Government victory
Belligerents
Rebels Rebel soldiers (Army and Navy); Armed civilians; Guerrilla in the Prestes Column;	Brazil Brazilian Army Army Aviation; ; Brazilian Navy Naval Aviation; ; Public Forces;
Commanders and leaders
Isidoro Dias Lopes; Joaquim Távora †; Miguel Costa; Luís Carlos Prestes; Euclides da Fonseca; Siqueira Canpos; Eduardo Gomes; Nílton Prado †; Ribeiro Junior; Juarez Távora;	Epitácio Pessoa; Arthur Bernardes; Washington Luís; Carlos de Campos; César do Rego Monteiro; Setembrino de Carvalho; Abílio Noronha; Eduardo Sócrates; Mena Barreto; Fernando Prestes;
Strength
~900 in the Copacabana Fort revolt; ~3,500 in the São Paulo revolt; 1,500 in the Prestes Column; Unknown number of military mutineers in the rest of the country.;	10,000 troops in the Copacabana Fort revolt; 20,500 troops in the São Paulo revolt; Approximately 100,000 soldiers were mobilized to suppress the rebellions throughout the country;
Casualties and losses
	Large number of human and material losses

Tenentism (Portuguese: tenentismo) was a political philosophy of junior army officers (Portuguese: tenentes, IPA: [teˈnẽtʃis], lieutenants) who significantly contributed to the Brazilian Revolution of 1930 that ended the First Brazilian Republic.

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