1929 in Switzerland

1929 in Switzerland

Years

1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931

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

• Zürich Zoologischer Garten

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

Years in Switzerland (1848–present)
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