1929 in Switzerland
 1929 in Switzerland |
| Years |
| 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 |
See also: Swiss referendums, 1929
The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1929 in Switzerland.
Tournaments
- 1928–29 Swiss Serie A
- 1929 European Figure Skating Championships
- 1929 UCI Road World Championships took place in Zurich
- 1929–30 Swiss Serie A
Establishments
Events by Month
January
- January 9-Jacques-Louis Reverdin, a Swiss surgeon, dies
March
- March 25-Marcel Mauron, a Swiss footballer, is born
April
- April 5-Josef Schraner, a Swiss cyclist, is born
- April 7-Paul Sarasin, a Swiss naturalist, dies
May
- May 22-André Haefliger, a Swiss mathematician, is born
June
- June 20-Marcel Flückiger is born
July
- July 27-Geneva Convention (1929), also known as "Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Geneva July 27, 1929", is signed
- July 27-Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field (1929) is signed
- July 28-Werner Vetterli, a Swiss modern pentathlete, is born
August
- August 29-Fausto Lurati, a Swiss cyclist, is born
September
- September 14-John Maria Gatti, a Swiss theatre manager, restaurateur and businessman, dies
- September 16-Hans Pfenninger, a Swiss cyclist, is born
- September 19-Luigi Taveri, a Swiss ex-motorcycle racer, is born
October
- October 11-Liselotte Pulver, a Swiss actress, is born
- October 25-Charles Ribordy, a Swiss fencer, is born
- October 29-Ida Schöpfer, a former Swiss skier, is born
December
- December 6-Alain Tanner, a Swiss film director, is born
Other
- St. Moritz Ski School is founded by Giovanni Testa, and is the first official ski school in Switzerland[1]
- Rudolf Minger is elected member of the government[2]
- Marcel Roethlisberger, a Swiss art historian, is born
- Meta von Salis, a Swiss feminist, dies
- Paolo Vollmeier, a Swiss philatelist, is born
References
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