1899 in Switzerland

none March 2018 1899 Events from the year 1899 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 Eduard Müller (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 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.Olympedia – Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Figure Skating Championships https://www.olympedia.org/lists/205/manual www.olympedia.org 31 January 2024 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)The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1948 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1948/muller/facts/ NobelPrize.org 6 February 2024 26 February – Max Petitpierre, politician (died 1994)Max Petitpierre https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/federal-council/members-of-the-federal-council/max-petitpierre.html www.admin.ch 11 February 2024 en 10 April – Friedrich Traugott Wahlen, politician (died 1985)Friedrich Traugott Wahlen https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/federal-council/members-of-the-federal-council/friedrich-traugott-wahlen.html www.admin.ch 11 February 2024 en 22 June – Charles Hug, painter, draftsman and book illustrator (died 1979)https://books.google.com/books?id=oV9mAAAAMAAJ&q=%22HUG+Charles.+Artist%2C+Designer+and+illustrator.+b.+St.+Gall%2C+June+22%2C+1899%22 Who's who in Switzerland: Including the Principality of Lichtenstein Hans Girsberger Central European Times Publishing Company Limited 1952 Deaths 24 February – Emil Welti, politician (born 1825)Emil Welti https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/federal-council/members-of-the-federal-council/emil-welti.html www.admin.ch 4 March 2024 en 27 November – Constant Fornerod, politician (born 1819)Constant Fornerod https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/federal-council/members-of-the-federal-council/constant-fornerod.html www.admin.ch 15 April 2024 en 15 December – Numa Droz, politician (born 1844)Numa Droz https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/federal-council/members-of-the-federal-council/numa-droz.html www.admin.ch 6 March 2024 en References Switzerland