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)
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