1886 in Switzerland

Events during the year 1886 in Switzerland.

← 1885 1884 1883 1886 in Switzerland → 1887 1888 1889
Decades:	1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
See also:	History of Switzerland Timeline of Swiss history List of years in Switzerland

Incumbents

• Federal Council:^[1]
  • Adolf Deucher (president)^[2]
  • Bernhard Hammer
  • Karl Schenk
  • Emil Welti
  • Numa Droz
  • Antoine Louis John Ruchonnet
  • Wilhelm Hertenstein

Events

• Grasshopper Football Club is founded.^[3]

Births

• 10 May – Karl Barth, Protestant theologian (died 1968)^[4]
• 14 July – Ernst Nobs, politician (died 1957)^[5]
• 1 September – Othmar Schoeck, composer (died 1957)^[6]
• 6 October – Edwin Fischer, pianist and conductor (died 1960)^[7]