1937 in Brazil

Events in the year 1937 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Getúlio Vargas

Governors

• 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

Vice governors

• Rio Grande do Norte: no vice governor
• São Paulo: no vice governor

Events

• 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]

Arts and culture

Books

• Cyro dos Anjos - O Amauense Belmiro

Births

• 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)

Deaths

January

• January 5: Alberto de Oliveira, poet (born 1857)^[8]

May

• May 4: Noel Rosa, singer and songwriter (born 1910)^[9]

November

• November 9: Estácio Coimbra, lawyer and politician (born 1872)^[10]

See also

1937 in Brazilian football