1899 in Switzerland

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← 1898 1897 1896 1899 in Switzerland → 1900 1901 1902
Decades:	1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s
See also:	History of Switzerland Timeline of Swiss history List of years in Switzerland

Events from the year 1899 in Switzerland.

• Federal Council:^[1]
  • Eduard Müller (president)^[2]
  • 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)

• 14 January – 1899 European Figure Skating Championships takes place in Davos.^[3]
• 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.

• 12 January – Paul Hermann Müller, chemist (died 1965)^[4]
• 26 February – Max Petitpierre, politician (died 1994)^[5]
• 10 April – Friedrich Traugott Wahlen, politician (died 1985)^[6]
• 22 June – Charles Hug, painter, draftsman and book illustrator (died 1979)^[7]

• 24 February – Emil Welti, politician (born 1825)^[8]
• 27 November – Constant Fornerod, politician (born 1819)^[9]
• 15 December – Numa Droz, politician (born 1844)^[10]