1889 in Switzerland

Events during the year 1889 in Switzerland.

Incumbents Federal Council: Bernhard Hammer (president) Karl Schenk Emil Welti Numa Droz Antoine Louis John Ruchonnet Adolf Deucher Walter Hauser

Births 19 January – Sophie Taeuber-Arp, artist (died 1943) 28 April – Charles-Gustave Kuhn, equestrian (died 1952) 19 June – Enrico Celio, politician (died 1980) 9 August – Hans Walter, rower (died 1967) 31 December – Marcel Pilet-Golaz, politician (died 1958)

Deaths 14 January – Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel, politician (born 1813)

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