Events during the year 1890 in Switzerland.
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Incumbents
edit- Federal Council:[1]
- Antoine Louis John Ruchonnet (president)[2]
- Bernhard Hammer (until December), then Emil Frey[3]
- Karl Schenk
- Emil Welti
- Numa Droz
- Adolf Deucher
- Walter Hauser
Births
edit- 3 February – Paul Scherrer, physicist (died 1969)[4]
- 15 September – Frank Martin, composer (died 1974 in the Netherlands)[5]
- 22 September – Ferdinand Gonseth, mathematician and philosopher (died 1975)[6]
- Rudolf Bosshard, rower (died 1980)[7]
Deaths
edit- 3 November – Ulrich Ochsenbein, politician (born 1811)[8]
- 11 November – Frédéric Guillaume de Pury, Swiss-Australian winemaker (born 1831)[9]
References
edit- ^ "All federal councillors since 1848". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Presidents of the Confederation". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Bernhard Hammer". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Paul Scherrer | Nuclear Research, Particle Physics & X-Ray Crystallography | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "Frank Martin | 20th Century, Orchestral, Choral | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "FerdinandGonseth". Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ "Olympedia – Rudolf Bosshard". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Ulrich Ochsenbein". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Pury, G. G. De. "Frédéric Guillaume de Pury (1831–1890)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 6 March 2024.