1929 in Brazil

Incumbents

Federal government

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

  Governors

• :pt:Lista de governadores de Alagoas|Alagoas:
• Amazonas:
• Bahia:
• Ceará:
• :pt:Lista de governadores de Goiás|Goiás:
• Maranhão:
• Mato Grosso:
• Minas Gerais:
• :pt:Lista de governadores do Pará|Pará:
• :pt:Lista de governadores da Paraíba|Paraíba:
• Paraná:
• :pt:Lista de governadores de Pernambuco|Pernambuco:
• :pt:Lista de governadores do Piauí|Piauí:
• Rio Grande do Norte:
• Rio Grande do Sul:
• :pt:Lista de governadores de Santa Catarina|Santa Catarina:
• São Paulo:
• :pt:Lista de governadores de Sergipe|Sergipe:

  Vice governors

• :pt:Lista de vice-governadores do Rio Grande do Norte|Rio Grande do Norte:
• :pt:Lista de vice-governadores de São Paulo|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
• 17 April - Odete Lara, actress
• 4 May - Ronald Golias, comedian
• 21 October - Walter Hugo Khouri, film director

  Deaths

• 25 November - Emilie Snethlage, German-born Brazilian naturalist and ornithologist who worked on the bird fauna of the Amazon
• 26 December - Pedro Weingärtner, painter