Events in the year 1929 in Brazil.
Incumbents edit
Federal government edit
Governors edit
- Alagoas: Álvaro Correia Pais
- Amazonas: Ifigênio Ferreira de Sales
- Bahia: Vital Soares
- Ceará: José Carlos de Matos Peixoto
- Goiás:
- till 13 July: Brasil Caiado
- 13-14 July: Joaquim Rufino Ramos Jubé
- from 14 July: Alfredo Lopes de Morais
- Maranhão: José Magalhães de Almeida
- Mato Grosso: Mário Correia da Costa
- Minas Gerais: Antônio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada
- Pará:
- till 1 February: Dionísio Bentes
- from 1 February: Eurico de Freitas Vale
- Paraíba: João Pessoa Cavalcanti
- Paraná: Afonso Camargo
- Pernambuco: Estácio Coimbra
- Piauí: João de Deus Pires Leal
- Rio Grande do Norte: Juvenal Lamartine de Faria
- Rio Grande do Sul: Getúlio Dornelles Vargas
- Santa Catarina:
- São Paulo:
- Sergipe:
Vice governors edit
Events edit
- August - Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul, and Paraíba join the political opposition from several states, including the Democratic Party of São Paulo, to oppose the presidential candidacy of Washington Luís's nominated successor, Júlio Prestes, and form the Liberal Alliance.
- 20 September - The Liberal Alliance nominates its candidates for the presidential elections: Getúlio Vargas as President and João Pessoa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque as Vice President.
- 29 October - The US stock market crash causes a fall in coffee quotations to 60%.
Arts and culture edit
Books edit
- Graça Aranha - A Viagem Maravilhosa
Films edit
- Sangue Mineiro, directed by Humberto Mauro
Births edit
- 3 January - Ernst Mahle, conductor and composer
- 13 January - Aureliano Chaves, politician (died 2003)
- 8 March - Hebe Camargo, television host (died 2012)
- 17 April - Odete Lara, actress (died 2015)
- 4 May - Ronald Golias, comedian (died 2005)
- 28 June - Itamar Franco, 33rd President of Brazil (died 2011)
- 16 October - Fernanda Montenegro, actress
- 21 October - Walter Hugo Khouri, film director (died 2003)[1]
Deaths edit
- 25 November - Emilie Snethlage, German-born Brazilian naturalist and ornithologist who worked on the bird fauna of the Amazon (born 1868)[2]
- 26 December - Pedro Weingärtner, painter (born 1853)[3]
References edit
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Men and Women". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
- ^ Lutz, Bertha. (1958) “Emilie Snethlage (1868-1929)”. In: Museu Nacional/Universidade do Brasil. Relatório annual, 1957 [Annual Report]. Rio de Janeiro. p. 39-43.
- ^ Damasceno, Athos. Artes Plásticas no Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre: Editora Globo, 1971. pp. 196–216.
See also edit
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