1937 in Brazil explained

Events in the year 1937 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Alagoas: Osman Laurel
- Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia Bahia: Juracy Magalhães then Antônio Fernandes Dantas
Ceará: Francisco de Meneses Pimentel
Espírito Santo: João Punaro Bley
Goiás: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira
Maranhão:
Mato Grosso: Mário Correia da Costa then Manuel Ari da Silva Pires then Júlio Strübing Müller
Minas Gerais: Benedito Valadares Ribeiro
Pará: José Carneiro da Gama Malcher
- Paraíba: Argemiro de Figueiredo Paraná: Manuel Ribas
Pernambuco:
- till 10 November: Carlos de Lima Cavalcanti
- 10 November-3 December: Amaro de Azambuja Vila Nova
- from 3 December: Agamenon Magalhães
  - Piauí: Leônidas Melo Rio Grande do Norte: Rafael Fernandes Gurjão Rio Grande do Sul: José Antônio Flores da Cunha (till 17 October); Manuel de Cerqueira Daltro Filho (from 17 October)
Santa Catarina: Nereu Ramos
São Paulo: Henrique Smith Baima (till 5 January); José Joaquim Cardoso de Melo Neto (from 5 January)
Sergipe: Erônides de Carvalho

January 13 - The National Museum of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro is established.
May 7 - One of the leaders of the communist revolution, Luis Carlos Prestes, is sentenced to 16 years and eight months in prison.^[1]
June 10 - National Democratic Union, ahead of support for the candidacy of Armando Sales de Oliveira for president in the 1938 elections is created.^[2]
June 14 - President Getúlio Vargas signed the decree establishing the Itatiaia National Park, the first national park in Brazil.^[3] ^[4]
August 13 - The National Union of Students is founded in Rio de Janeiro.
November 10 - The fourth Brazilian Constitution is granted by President Vargas, starting the Estado Novo.^[5]
December 2 - President Vargas signs the ordinance which extinguishes all political parties in the country.^[6]

January 27 – João Antônio, journalist and short story writer (died 1996)
June 4 – Hugo Carvana, actor (died 2014)
June 11 – Reginaldo Faria, actor and film director
June 17 – Clodovil Hernandes, fashion designer, television presenter and politician (died 2009)^[7]
August 22 – Ary Toledo, Brazilian humorist, singer, lyricist and actor
October 23 – Carlos Lamarca, military turned guerrilla leader (died 1971)

Helton Perillo Ferreira Leite. Planalto do Itatiaia. Publit, 2007. . .

http://acervo.folha.com.br/fdm/1937/05/08/142/ "Foram julgados hontem os principaes chefes da revolução communista de 1935"
http://acervo.folha.com.br/fdm/1937/06/11/142/ "A convenção hontem realizada pelas correntes politicas que apoiam o sr. Armando de Salles Oliveira"
http://acervo.folha.com.br/fdn/1937/06/16/1/ "O Parque Nacional de Itatiaya"
Helton Perillo Ferreira Leite, Planalto do Itatiaia (2007), p. 20.
http://acervo.folha.com.br/fdm/1937/11/11/142/ "Promulgada hontem nova Constituição para o paiz"
http://acervo.folha.com.br/fdm/1937/12/04/142/ "Extinctos todos os partidos politicos do paiz"
Web site: Clodovil Hernandes morre em Brasília; polêmica marcou carreira na TV e na política - 17/03/2009 - UOL Notícias - Reportagens Especiais. noticias.uol.com.br.
Book: Brazilian Literature: 1880-1920: Naturalism, realism-Parnassianism, symbolism. Georgetown University Press. 1974. 50.
Web site: Biografia de Noel Rosa. Netsaber.com.br. November 30, 2012.
Web site: Estácio Coimbra . Vainsencher, Semira Adler . Fundação Joaquim Nabuco . 19 June 2014 . Portuguese . 6 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150706041106/http://basilio.fundaj.gov.br/pesquisaescolar/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=252&Itemid=184 . dead .