1897 in Switzerland

none 1897 Events during the year 1897 in Switzerland. Incumbents Federal Council:All federal councillors since 1848 https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/federal-council/history-of-the-federal-council/federal-council-elections-since-1848/alle-bundesraete-liste.html www.admin.ch 22 January 2024 en Adolf Deucher (president)Presidents of the Confederation https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/bundespraesidium/bundespraesidenten-und-schweizer-geschichte/praesidenten-seit1848-liste.html www.admin.ch 22 January 2024 en 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)Markus Feldmann https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/federal-council/members-of-the-federal-council/markus-feldmann.html www.admin.ch 17 February 2024 en 27 May – Adolf Portmann, zoologist (died 1982)Jaroš Filip Klouda Jiří Adolf Portmann: A Thinker of Self-Expressive Life 7 September 2021 Springer Nature 978-3-030-67810-4 62–63 https://books.google.com/books?id=c95BEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA63 en 2 August – Max Weber, politician (died 1974)Max Weber https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/federal-council/members-of-the-federal-council/max-weber.html.html www.admin.ch 8 April 2024 en 1 October – Heinrich Gretler, actor (died 1977)Bock ans-Michael Bergfelder im The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema 1 September 2009 Berghahn Books 978-0-85745-565-9 169 https://books.google.com/books?id=z7gFT_Duq1cC&pg=PA169 en Félix Bédouret, footballer (died 1955)Olympedia – Félix Bédouret https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27151 www.olympedia.org 13 March 2024 Deaths 8 August – Jacob Burckhardt, historian of art and culture (born 1818)Burckhardt, Jacob https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780198604761.001.0001/acref-9780198604761-e-583?rskey=PW6o5C&result=33 Oxford Reference January 2004 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-860476-1 23 February 2024 References 1897 Switzerland Switzerland Category:1890s in Switzerland