1879 in Switzerland

Events during the year 1879 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• Bernhard Hammer (president)
• Karl Schenk
• Emil Welti
• Fridolin Anderwert
• Numa Droz
• Simeon Bavier
• Wilhelm Hertenstein

Births

• 26 March – Othmar Ammann, Swiss-born American engineer (died 1965)
• 18 December – Paul Klee, German-Swiss artist (died 1940)

Deaths

• 13 January – Jakob Dubs, politician (born 1822)
• 1 March – Joachim Heer, politician (born 1825)
• 15 May – Jakob Stämpfli, politician (born 1820)

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