1877 in Switzerland explained

Events during the year 1877 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council

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• • Joachim Heer (president)^[2]
  • Karl Schenk
  • Emil Welti
  • Johann Jakob Scherer
  • Bernhard Hammer
  • Fridolin Anderwert
  • Numa Droz

Births

• 17 February – Isabelle Eberhardt, explorer and author (died 1904 in Algeria)^[3]
• 27 August – Ernst Wetter, politician (died 1963)^[4]

Deaths

• 31 December – Gustave Courbet, French painter (born 1819 in France)^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: All federal councillors since 1848 . www.admin.ch . 22 January 2024 . en.
2. Web site: Presidents of the Confederation . www.admin.ch . 22 January 2024 . en.
3. Web site: Isabelle Eberhardt . Women in Exploration . 26 February 2024 . en.
4. Web site: Ernst Wetter . www.admin.ch . 19 February 2024 . en.
5. Book: Courbet, Gustave . Oxford Reference . January 2004 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-860476-1 . 26 February 2024.