1899 in Switzerland

Events from the year 1899 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• Eduard Müller (president)
• Joseph Zemp
• Adolf Deucher
• Walter Hauser
• Ernst Brenner
• Eugene Ruffy (until October)
• Adrien Lachenal (until December)
• Robert Comtesse (from December)
• Marc-Emile Ruchet (from December)

Events

• 14 January – 1899 European Figure Skating Championships takes place in Davos.
• 26 October – 1899 Swiss federal election.
• 14 December – Walther Hauser is elected president by the Swiss Federal Assembly.
• Alliance F established.
• Gurten Funicular established.
• Monthey-Champéry-Morgins established.
• 1899 World Figure Skating Championships takes place in Switzerland.

Births

• 12 January – Paul Hermann Müller, chemist (died 1965)
• 26 February – Max Petitpierre, politician (died 1994)
• 10 April – Friedrich Traugott Wahlen, politician (died 1985)
• 22 June – Charles Hug, painter, draftsman and book illustrator (died 1979)

Deaths

• 24 February – Emil Welti, politician (born 1825)
• 27 November – Constant Fornerod, politician (born 1819)
• 15 December – Numa Droz, politician (born 1844)

References