1929 in Brazil

← 1928 1927 1926 1929 in Brazil → 1930 1931 1932
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	Other events of 1929 Timeline of Brazilian history

Events in the year 1929 in Brazil.

Incumbents

• President: Washington Luís
• Vice President: Fernando de Melo Viana

Events

• 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

Books

• Graça Aranha - A Viagem Maravilhosa

Films

• Sangue Mineiro, directed by Humberto Mauro

Births

• 13 January - Aureliano Chaves, politician (died 2003)
• 17 April - Odete Lara, actress
• 4 May - Ronald Golias, comedian (died 2005)
• 21 October - Walter Hugo Khouri, film director (died 2003)^[1]

Deaths

• 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]

See also

• 1929 in Brazilian football

References

1. "Festival de Cannes: Men and Women". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
2. Lutz, Bertha. (1958) “Emilie Snethlage (1868-1929)”. In: Museu Nacional/Universidade do Brasil. Relatório annual, 1957 [Annual Report]. Rio de Janeiro. p. 39-43.
3. Damasceno, Athos. Artes Plásticas no Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre: Editora Globo, 1971. pp. 196–216.