1897 in Switzerland
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Events during the year 1897 in Switzerland.
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Incumbents
- Federal Council:[1]
- Adolf Deucher (president)[2]
- Eduard Müller
- Joseph Zemp
- Walter Hauser
- Emil Frey (until March), then Ernst Brenner
- Eugene Ruffy
- Adrien Lachenal
Births
- 21 May â Markus Feldmann, politician (died 1958)[3]
- 27 May â Adolf Portmann, zoologist (died 1982)[4]
- 2 August â Max Weber, politician (died 1974)[5]
- 1 October â Heinrich Gretler, actor (died 1977)[6]
- Félix Bédouret, footballer (died 1955)[7]
Deaths
- 8 August â Jacob Burckhardt, historian of art and culture (born 1818)[8]