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)