Events during the year 1889 in Switzerland. Federal Council: Bernhard Hammer (president) Karl Schenk Emil Welti Numa Droz Antoine Louis John Ruchonnet...

13th or early 14th century. Its symbolism was described by the Swiss Federal Council in 1889 as representing "at the same the Christian cross symbol and...

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1889. 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...

referendum on a federal law on insolvency and debt was held in Switzerland on 17 November 1889. The new law was approved by 52.9% of voters. The referendum...

Flood, sometimes referred to locally as Great Flood of 1889, occurred on Friday, May 31, 1889, after the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam, located...

The Schmidt–Rubin rifles were a series of Swiss Army service rifles in use between 1889 and 1958. They are distinguished by the straight-pull bolt action...

In November 1889, the Federal Council published a "communication regarding the federal coat of arms", detailing the history of the use of the Swiss cross...

Universelle of 1889 (French pronunciation: [ɛkspozisjɔ̃ ynivɛʁsɛl]), better known in English as the 1889 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France...

5mm) developed in 1889 by mechanical engineer Lt. Col. Eduard Rubin for rifles based on Rudolf Schmidt's action design. The 7.5×55mm Swiss GP 11 cartridge...

The year 1889 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Francis Galton publishes Natural Inheritance, a book which summarizes...