1897 in Switzerland explained

Events during the year 1897 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council

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• • Adolf Deucher (president)^[2]
  • 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)^[3]
• 27 May – Adolf Portmann, zoologist (died 1982)^[4]
• 2 August – Max Weber, politician (died 1974)^[5]
• 1 October – Heinrich Gretler, actor (died 1977)^[6]
• Félix Bédouret, footballer (died 1955)^[7]

Deaths

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

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: Markus Feldmann . www.admin.ch . 17 February 2024 . en.
4. Book: Jaroš . Filip . Klouda . Jiří . Adolf Portmann: A Thinker of Self-Expressive Life . 7 September 2021 . Springer Nature . 978-3-030-67810-4 . 62–63 . en.
5. Web site: Max Weber . www.admin.ch . 8 April 2024 . en.
6. Book: Bock . ans-Michael . Bergfelder . im . The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema . 1 September 2009 . Berghahn Books . 978-0-85745-565-9 . 169 . en.
7. Web site: Olympedia – Félix Bédouret . www.olympedia.org . 13 March 2024.
8. Book: Burckhardt, Jacob . Oxford Reference . January 2004 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-860476-1 . 23 February 2024.