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1856
The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1856 in Switzerland.
Incumbents
Federal Council:
Jakob Stämpfli (President)
Jonas Furrer
Josef Munzinger
Constant Fornerod
Friedrich Frey-Herosé
Wilhelm Matthias Naeff
Stefano Franscini
Events
November 7 – Eterna is founded
Ernest Borel is founded
Carl Meissner discovers Conospermum mitchellii
A revolt by Neuchâtel royalists sparks the Neuchâtel Crisis.Schelbert Leo Historical Dictionary of Switzerland 21 May 2014 Rowman & Littlefield 978-1-4422-3352-2 xxxii https://books.google.com/books?id=XRevAwAAQBAJ en
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 ZurichEscher von der Linth, Arnold 9 765
Births
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
William Bally, sculptor (b. c. 1799)
References
1856
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