Events from the year 1899 in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
.
Incumbents
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Federal Council
Federal Council may refer to:
Governmental bodies
* Federal Council of Australasia, a forerunner to the current Commonwealth of Australia
* Federal Council of Austria, the upper house of the Austrian federal parliament
* Federal Council of Germa ...
:
**
Eduard Müller (president)
**
Joseph Zemp
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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
The 1899 European Figure Skating Championships were held from January 14th to 15th in Davos, Switzerland. Elite figure skaters
Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the fi ...
takes place in
Davos
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1899 Swiss federal election.
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Alliance F
alliance F (; by 2011) is the Federation of Swiss Women's Associations.
History
The presidents of the progressive women's associations from Bern (Helene von Mülinen), Zürich ( Emma Boos Jegher), Lausanne ( Marguerite Duvillard Chavannes) and ...
established.
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Gurten Funicular established.
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Monthey-Champéry-Morgins established.
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1899 World Figure Skating Championships takes place in Switzerland.
Births
* 12 January –
Paul Hermann Müller, chemist (died
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...
)
* 26 February –
Max Petitpierre
Max Petitpierre (26 February 1899 – 25 March 1994) was a Swiss politician, jurist and member of the Swiss Federal Council, heading the Political Department (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) (1944-1961).
He was elected to the Swiss Federal Cou ...
, politician (died
1994
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)
* 10 April –
Friedrich Traugott Wahlen, politician (died
1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...
)
* 22 June –
Charles Hug, painter, draftsman and book illustrator (died
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
)
Deaths
* 24 February –
Emil Welti, politician (born
1825
Events
January–March
* January 4 – King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies dies in Naples and is succeeded by his son, Francis.
* February 3 – Vendsyssel-Thy, once part of the Jutland peninsula forming westernmost Denmark, becomes a ...
)
* 27 November –
Constant Fornerod, politician (born
1819
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The Panic of 1819, the first major peacetime financial crisis in the United States, begins.
* January 25 – Thomas Jefferson founds the University of Virginia.
* January 29 – Si ...
)
* 15 December –
Numa Droz, politician (born
1844
In the Philippines, it was the only leap year with 365 days, as December 31 was skipped when 1845 began after December 30.
Events
January–March
* January 15 – The University of Notre Dame, based in the city of the same name, receives ...
)
References
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