1889 in Switzerland

Events during the year 1889 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

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

Births

• 19 January – Sophie Taeuber-Arp, artist (died 1943)
• 28 April – Charles-Gustave Kuhn, equestrian (died 1952)
• 19 June – Enrico Celio, politician (died 1980)
• 9 August – Hans Walter, rower (died 1967)
• 31 December – Marcel Pilet-Golaz, politician (died 1958)

Deaths

• 14 January – Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel, politician (born 1813)

References