1929 in Switzerland
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The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1929 in Switzerland.
Incumbents
- Federal Council:[1]
- Giuseppe Motta
- Edmund Schulthess
- Jean-Marie Musy
- Heinrich Häberlin
- Marcel Pilet-Golaz
- Robert Haab (President)[2] then Albert Meyer
- Karl Scheurer then Rudolf Minger
Events
- July 27
- Geneva Convention (1929), also known as "Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Geneva July 27, 1929", is signed
- Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field (1929) is signed
- The 1929 European Figure Skating Championships take place in Davos.[3]
- 1928–29 Swiss Serie A
- 1929 UCI Road World Championships took place in Zurich
- 1929–30 Swiss Serie A
- Zürich Zoologischer Garten is established
- St. Moritz Ski School is founded by Giovanni Testa, and is the first official ski school in Switzerland[4]
Births
- March 25 – Marcel Mauron, footballer (died 2022)
- April 5 – Josef Schraner, cyclist
- May 22 – André Haefliger, mathematician (died 2023)
- 3 June – Werner Arber, microbiologist and geneticist[5]
- June 20 – Marcel Flückiger, footballer (died 2010)
- July 28 – Werner Vetterli, modern pentathlete (died 2008)
- August 29 – Fausto Lurati, cyclist (died 2015)
- September 16 – Hans Pfenninger, cyclist (died 2009)
- September 19 – Luigi Taveri, motorcycle racer (died 2018)
- October 11 – Liselotte Pulver, actress[6]
- October 25 – Charles Ribordy, fencer (died 2000)
- October 29 – Ida Schöpfer, skier (died 2014)
- December 6 – Alain Tanner, film director (died 2022)
- Marcel Roethlisberger, art historian (died 2020)
- Paolo Vollmeier, philatelist (died 2017)
Deaths
- January 9 – Jacques-Louis Reverdin, surgeon (born 1842)
- April 7 – Paul Sarasin, naturalist (born 1856)
- September 14 – John Maria Gatti, theatre manager, restaurateur and businessman (born 1872)
- November 14 – Karl Scheurer, politician (born 1872)[7]
- Meta von Salis, feminist (born 1855)
References
- ^ "All federal councillors since 1848". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Presidents of the Confederation". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Olympedia – Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Figure Skating Championships". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ "Discover the Engadin | Engadin, Switzerland".
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1978". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ "Liselotte Pulver". Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz (in German). 6 April 2006.
- ^ "Karl Scheurer". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
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