1929 in Brazil

Events in the year 1929 in Brazil.

Incumbents Federal government President: Washington Luís Vice President: Fernando de Melo Viana

Governors 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 Rio Grande do Norte: São Paulo:

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 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)

Deaths 25 November - Emilie Snethlage, German-born Brazilian naturalist and ornithologist who worked on the bird fauna of the Amazon (born 1868)Lutz, Bertha. (1958) “Emilie Snethlage (1868-1929)”. In: Museu Nacional/Universidade do Brasil. Relatório annual, 1957 [Annual Report]. Rio de Janeiro. p. 39-43. 26 December - Pedro Weingärtner, painter (born 1853)Damasceno, Athos. Artes Plásticas no Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre: Editora Globo, 1971. pp. 196–216.

References

See also 1929 in Brazilian football