1899 in Switzerland

Events from the year 1899 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

 * Federal Council:
 * Eduard Müller (president)
 * 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)

Events

 * 14 January – 1899 European Figure Skating Championships takes place in Davos.
 * 1899 Swiss federal election.
 * Alliance F establsihed.
 * Gurten Funicular established.
 * Monthey-Champéry-Morgins established.
 * 1899 World Figure Skating Championships takes place in Switzerland.

Births

 * 12 January – Paul Hermann Müller, chemist (died 1965)
 * 26 February – Max Petitpierre, politician (died 1994)
 * 10 April – Friedrich Traugott Wahlen, politician (died 1985)
 * 22 June – Charles Hug, painter, draftsman and book illustrator (died 1979)

Deaths

 * 24 February – Emil Welti, politician (born 1825)
 * 27 November – Constant Fornerod, politician (born 1819)
 * 15 December – Numa Droz, politician (born 1844)