1897 in Switzerland

Events during the year 1897 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

 * Federal Council:
 * Adolf Deucher (president)
 * Eduard Müller
 * Joseph Zemp
 * Walter Hauser
 * Emil Frey (until March), then Ernst Brenner
 * Eugene Ruffy
 * Adrien Lachenal

Births

 * 21 May – Markus Feldmann, politician (died 1958)
 * 27 May – Adolf Portmann, zoologist (died 1982)
 * 2 August – Max Weber, politician (died 1974)
 * 1 October – Heinrich Gretler, actor (died 1977)
 * Félix Bédouret, footballer (died 1955)

Deaths

 * 8 August – Jacob Burckhardt, historian of art and culture (born 1818)