1874 in Switzerland

Events during the year 1874 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• Karl Schenk (president)
• Emil Welti
• Johann Jakob Scherer
• Eugène Borel
• Paul Ceresole
• Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel
• Wilhelm Matthias Naeff

Events

• A revised version of the Swiss Federal Constitution is signed, superseding the version signed in 1848.

Births

• 25 September – Noëlle Roger, writer (born 1953)
• 21 October – Henri Guisan, military leader (died 1960)
• 27 November – Johannes Baumann, politician (died 1953)

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