1856 in Switzerland
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The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1856 in Switzerland.
Incumbents[]
- Federal Council:
Events[]
- November 7 - Eterna is founded
- Ernest Borel is founded
- Carl Meissner discovers Conospermum mitchellii
- A revolt by Neuchâtel royalists sparks the Neuchâtel Crisis
- Credit Suisse is founded
- Gregory Haas and John Frey, two Swiss diocesan priests, arrive on Mt. Calvary after leaving Switzerland and establish a Capuchin Order in the United States
- The first part of the Olten–Lausanne railway line is opened
- Samuel Francis is relocated to Geneva to oversee the emigration of Latter-day Saints to the United States from Switzerland
- Switzerland opens a diplomatic consulate in Melbourne, Australia
- Arnold Escher von der Linth becomes a professor of geology at the École Polytechnique in Zurich[1]
Births[]
- April 7 - Ferdinand Schiess, recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. )
- May 23 - Hermann Sahli, internist (d. 1933)
- December 6 - Louise Catherine Breslau, artist (d. )
- December 9 - Ernst Brenner, politician (d. )
- December 11 - Paul Sarasin, naturalist (d. 1929)
Deaths[]
- William Bally, sculptor (b. c. 1799)
References[]
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 765.
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