1897 in Switzerland

Events during the year 1897 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• Adolf Deucher (president)
• Eduard Müller
• Joseph Zemp
• Walter Hauser
• Emil Frey (until March), then Ernst Brenner
• Eugene Ruffy
• Adrien Lachenal

Births

• 21 May – Markus Feldmann, politician (died 1958)
• 27 May – Adolf Portmann, zoologist (died 1982)
• 2 August – Max Weber, politician (died 1974)
• 1 October – Heinrich Gretler, actor (died 1977)
• Félix Bédouret, footballer (died 1955)

Deaths

• 8 August – Jacob Burckhardt, historian of art and culture (born 1818)

References