1856 in Switzerland
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The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1856 in Switzerland.
Incumbents[edit]
Events[edit]
- November 7 – Eterna is founded
- Ernest Borel is founded
- Carl Meissner discovers Conospermum mitchellii
- A revolt by Neuchâtel royalists sparks the Neuchâtel Crisis.[1]
- 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[2]
Births[edit]
- April 7 – Ferdinand Schiess, recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1884)
- May 23 – Hermann Sahli, internist (d. 1933)
- December 6 – Louise Catherine Breslau, artist (d. 1927)
- December 9 – Ernst Brenner, politician (d. 1911)
- December 11 – Paul Sarasin, naturalist (d. 1929)
Deaths[edit]
- William Bally, sculptor (b. c. 1799)
References[edit]
- ^ Schelbert, Leo (21 May 2014). Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Rowman & Littlefield. p. xxxii. ISBN 978-1-4422-3352-2.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 765.
