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1854 in Switzerland
The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in
1854 in
Switzerland
.
Incumbents
Federal Council
:
Ulrich Ochsenbein
then
Jakob Stämpfli
Jonas Furrer
Josef Munzinger
Henri Druey
Friedrich Frey-Herosé
(President)
Wilhelm Matthias Naeff
Stefano Franscini
Events
August 27
âÂÂ
Alfred Wills
ascends the
Wetterhorn
, starting the
golden age of alpinism
December 19
â The
Basel SBB railway station
is opened
The
West Switzerland Company
is formed
The
United Bank of Switzerland
is formed in the form of the
Swiss Bank Corporation
when six private banking firms pool their resources
ETH Zurich
(The Federal Polytechnic Institute) is established.
Art and literature
The fables of Jean Jacques Porchat are reissued under the new title
Fables et paraboles
Births
March 30
âÂÂ
Alfred Ilg
, engineer (d.
1916
)
April 19
âÂÂ
Emma Pieczynska-Reichenbach
, abolitionist and feminist (d.
1927
)
August 2
âÂÂ
Eugène Ruffy
, politician (d.
1919
)
August 30
âÂÂ
Edmond Louis Budry
, hymn writer (d.
1932
)
September 15
âÂÂ
Traugott Sandmeyer
, chemist (d.
1922
)
September 23
âÂÂ
Charles Soret
, physicist and chemist (d.
1904
)
September 24
âÂÂ
Robert Keller
, botanist (d.
1939
)
Deaths
May 12
âÂÂ
Melchior Berri
, architect (b.
1801
)
October 22
âÂÂ
Jeremias Gotthelf
, novelist (b.
1797
)
November 18
âÂÂ
Alberich Zwyssig
, composer of the
Swiss Psalm
(b.
1808
)
John James Chalon
, painter (b.
1778
)
References