1855 in Switzerland

The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1855 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• Jakob Stämpfli
• Jonas Furrer (President)
• Josef Munzinger
• Henri Druey then Constant Fornerod
• Friedrich Frey-Herosé
• Wilhelm Matthias Naeff
• Stefano Franscini

Events

• ETH Zurich, the Federal Polytechnic, opens
• Botanist Carl Meissner gives Grevillea ramosissima its current name and first describes Grevillea thyrsoides
• The Oberwinterthur railway station and Winterthur main railway station open
• The Swiss Benevolent Society of New Orleans is founded
• Switzerland opens a consulate in Sydney, Australia

Arts and literature

• Green Henry is first published

Births

• February 18 – Adolf Frey, writer and literary historian (d. 1920)
• July 16 – Rodolphe Lindt, chocolate manufacturer and inventor (d. 1909)
• September 16 – Eugène Penard, biologist (d. 1954)
• December 19 – Carl Joseph Schröter, botanist (d. 1939)
• Arnold Lang, naturalist (d. 1914)
• Meta von Salis, feminist and historian (d. 1929)

Deaths

• February 6 – Josef Munzinger, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1791)
• March 29 – Henri Druey, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1799)

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