The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Switzerland.
Incumbents Federal Council: Doris Leuthard Guy Parmelin Ueli Maurer Didier Burkhalter Johann Schneider-Ammann (President) Simonetta Sommaruga Alain Berset
Events April 2–April 11 – The 2016 World Men's Curling Championship takes place in Basel. June 1 – The Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world's longest and deepest railway tunnel, is opened following two decades of construction work. December 18–December 19 – An attacker murders one man before shooting 3 people at an Islamic center in downtown Zürich.
Deaths 31 January – Benoît Violier, French-Swiss chef (born 1971 in France) 5 August – Alphons Egli, politician (born 1924)
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