1889 in Switzerland

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• *Bernhard Hammer
• *Karl Schenk
• *Emil Welti
• *Numa Droz
• *Antoine Louis John Ruchonnet
• *Adolf Deucher
• *Walter Hauser

Births

• 19 January – Sophie Taeuber-Arp, artist
• 28 April – Charles-Gustave Kuhn, equestrian
• 19 June – Enrico Celio, politician
• 9 August – Hans Walter, rower
• 31 December – Marcel Pilet-Golaz, politician

Deaths

• 14 January – Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel, politician