1886 in Switzerland

Events during the year 1886 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• Adolf Deucher (president)
• Bernhard Hammer
• Karl Schenk
• Emil Welti
• Numa Droz
• Antoine Louis John Ruchonnet
• Wilhelm Hertenstein

Events

• Grasshopper Football Club is founded.

Births

• 10 May – Karl Barth, Protestant theologian (died 1968)
• 14 July – Ernst Nobs, politician (died 1957)
• 1 September – Othmar Schoeck, composer (died 1957)
• 6 October – Edwin Fischer, pianist and conductor (died 1960)

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