The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1934 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

* Federal Council: **

Giuseppe Motta Giuseppe Motta (29 December 1871 – 23 January 1940) was a Swiss politician. He was a member of the Swiss Federal Council (1911–1940) and President of the League of Nations (1924–1925). He was a Catholic-conservative foreign minister and a s ...

** Edmund Schulthess **

Jean-Marie Musy Jean-Marie Musy (10 April 1876 – 19 April 1952) was a Swiss politician. Affiliated with the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland, he was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 11 December 1919 served until 30 April 193 ...

then

Philipp Etter Philipp Etter (21 December 1891, in Menzingen – 23 December 1977) was a Swiss politician. He was the son of Joseph Anton, cooper master, and the Jakobea Stocker. During his office time he held the Department of Home Affairs and was President of ...

Heinrich Häberlin Heinrich Häberlin (6 September 1868 – 26 February 1947) was a Swiss politician, judge and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1920–1934). From 1904 he was a member of the Swiss Council of States, from 1905 member of the Grand Council of t ...

then Johannes Baumann **

Marcel Pilet-Golaz Marcel Pilet-Golaz (31 December 1889 – 11 April 1958) was a Swiss politician. He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 13 December 1928 and handed over office on 31 December 1944. He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party. Duri ...

(President) **

Albert Meyer Albert Meyer may refer to: *Albert Meyer (politician) (1870–1953), member of the Swiss Federal Council, 1929–1938 * Albert Gregory Meyer (1903–1965), Archbishop of Chicago * Albert J. Meyer (economist) (1919–1983), American economist * Albe ...

Rudolf Minger Rudolf Minger (13 November 1881 – 23 August 1955) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1929–1940). He also was a farmer all his life. He was elected to the Federal Council on 12 December 1929 and handed over office ...

Tournaments

1933–34 Nationalliga Statistics of Swiss Super League in the 1933–34 season. Overview It was contested by 16 teams, and Servette FC Genève won the championship. League standings Results Sources Switzerland 1933-34 at RSSSF {{DEFAULTSORT:1933-34 Nationall ...

FIBT World Championships 1934 The FIBT World Championships 1934 took place in Engelberg, Switzerland (Two-man) and in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (Four-man). Two man bobsleigh Four man bobsleigh Medal table References2-Man bobsleigh World Champions

took place in Switzerland * FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1934 took place in Switzerland * 1934-35 Nationalliga

Establishments

SC Buochs SC Buochs is a Swiss football club, founded in 1934 (officially). The club colours are blue and white derived from the town Buochs's coat of arms. Their home ground is Stadion Seefeld, which has a proclaimed capacity of 5,000 (1,000 seats, 4,00 ...

Events by Month

January

*January 12-

William Tell William Tell (german: Wilhelm Tell, ; french: Guillaume Tell; it, Guglielmo Tell; rm, Guglielm Tell) is a folk hero of Switzerland. According to the legend, Tell was an expert mountain climber and marksman with a crossbow who assassinated Albr ...

, a film, is released

February

March

April

May

June

July

*July 14-July 29- Zürich 1934 chess tournament took place

August

*August 26-

1934 Swiss Grand Prix The 1934 Swiss Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race run to the 750 kg formula, held over 70 laps of Circuit Bremgarten, near Bern, on 26 August 1934. It was supported earlier in the day by the voiturette-class Prix de Berne, held over 15 lap ...

took place in Switzerland

September

October

*October 2- Switzerland the Beautiful, a documentary, is released

November

December

Other

Via Mala Viamala or Via Mala ( Romansh: literally, "bad path") is a narrow gorge along the river Hinterrhein between Zillis-Reischen and Thusis in the Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland, as well as the ancient and notorious pathway which traverses ...

is published *The Berne Trial is in progress, until 1935 *The ''Swiss Banking Act of 1934'' majorly affects

bank secrecy Banking secrecy, alternately known as financial privacy, banking discretion, or bank safety,Guex (2000), p. 240 is a conditional agreement between a bank and its clients that all foregoing activities remain secure, confidential, and private. Mos ...

Births

* Kurt Müller, a sports shooter *February 11 – Hans Bässler, a fencer *February 14 – Michel Corboz, conductor *February 15 – Niklaus Wirth, a computer scientist *February 18 – Peter Zeindler, journalist, novelist and playwright. *June 30 – Ursula Bagdasarjanz, violinist *August 13 –

Karl Elsener Karl or Carl Elsener may refer to: *Karl Elsener (footballer) (1934–2010), Swiss football goalkeeper *Karl Elsener (inventor) Karl Elsener (9 October 1860 - 26 December 1918) was a Swiss cutler, inventor and entrepreneur. Karl Elsener completed ...

, a

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

(association football) goalkeeper (d. July 27, 2010) *October 19 –

Ernst Hürlimann Ernst Hürlimann (born 19 October 1934) is a Swiss rower who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics. He was born in Wädenswil. In 1960 he won the bronze medal with his partner Rolf Larcher Rolf Larcher (born 9 June 1934) is a Switzerland, Sw ...

, a rower *November 19 –

Paul Glass Paul Eugène Glass (born November 19, 1934) is a Swiss-American composer. Life Born in Los Angeles, California, Glass is the son of silent film actor and film executive Gaston Glass. He was educated at the University of Southern California (BM) ...

, an American-Swiss composer

Deaths

César Roux César Roux (23 March 1857, in Mont-la-Ville – 21 December 1934, in Lausanne) was a Swiss surgeon, who described the Roux-en-Y procedure. He studied medicine at the University of Bern, where his influences included Christoph Theodor Aeby a ...

, a surgeon *August 26- Hugh Hamilton, a British racing driver, is killed at the Swiss Grand Prix

References

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