1874 in Switzerland

Events during the year 1874 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

 * Federal Council:
 * Karl Schenk (president)
 * Emil Welti
 * Johann Jakob Scherer
 * Eugène Borel
 * Paul Ceresole
 * Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel
 * Wilhelm Matthias Naeff

Events

 * A revised version of the Swiss Federal Constitution is signed, superseding the version signed in 1848.

Births

 * 25 September – Noëlle Roger, writer (born 1953)
 * 21 October – Henri Guisan, military leader (died 1960)
 * 27 November – Johannes Baumann, politician (died 1953)