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| 1929, Jan. 6 |
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| After a series of 23 governments between 1918 and 1928, KING ALEXANDER PROCLAIMED A DICTATORSHIP. | 1 |
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| Jan. 21 |
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| The Croat and all other parties were dissolved. | 2 |
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| Feb. 17 |
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| A legislative council, with only advisory powers, was set up to replace Parliament. | 3 |
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| Aug |
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| Amid the flood of legislation dealing with religious, legal, and administrative affairs, the crown established the Privileged Agrarian Bank, chartered to issue loans to farmers at 10 percent or less, with easy terms of repayment and with a dividend of 6 percent guaranteed by the state to the shareholders. | 4 |
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| Oct. 3 |
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| The name of the kingdom was officially changed to Yugoslavia, another indication of the king's effort to wipe out the old historic divisions. The traditional provinces were divided into nine new banats, with purely geographical names. | 5 |
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| Dec. 4 |
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| In an effort to build unity, the king promulgated the Sokol Law, dissolving Croatians, Slovene, Catholic, and Serbian sokols, or physical training societies. They were replaced with a single Yugoslav sokol under government control. At the same time, the government continued to imprison all who opposed the regime by accusing them of terrorism. | 6 |
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