1 January 1887President of SwitzerlandNuma Droz
Begins a one-year term as President of the Swiss Confederation.
Historical records for Switzerland in 1887, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Begins a one-year term as President of the Swiss Confederation.
Birth of Charles-Edouard Le Corbusier
Eugen Fick, a Swiss physician, publishes the results of experiments with glass lenses that fit over the entire eye, the first contact lenses
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