1848 in Switzerland

none thumb | right | The first Swiss Federal Council, elected on November 16, 1848. Top: Josef Munzinger Center (from left to right): Ulrich Ochsenbein, Jonas Furrer, Henri Druey Bottom (from left to right): Stefano Franscini, Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Wilhelm Matthias Naeff. 1848 Events from 1848 in Switzerland. Incumbents Federal Council (starting from November 16): Ulrich Ochsenbein Jonas Furrer (President) Josef Munzinger Henri Druey Friedrich Frey-Herosé Wilhelm Matthias Naeff Stefano Franscini Events February – Federal troops leave Zug February – Pro-republic uprising in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Le Locle, and Val-de-TraversHistory of Switzerland, 1499-1914 The University Press Oechsli Wilhelm 1922 395-400 https://archive.org/details/historyofswitzer00oechuoft 1 March – Pro-republic forces overthrow the Council of State of the Canton of Neuchatel, declare the Canton a republic April – Federal troops leave Wallis 27 June – Draft constitution accepted by the Swiss Diet July – A Swiss constitutional referendum is held in July and August in the CantonsBundesverfassung (BV) https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/articles/009811/2011-05-03/ 2023-03-20 hls-dhs-dss.ch de 12 September – New constitution declared accepted with 15 1/2 Cantons accepting, 6 1/2 voting against 6 November – Nationalrat and Ständerat meet in Bern for the first time 16 November – Seven members of Federal Council appointed. New constitution comes into force. The position of President of the Swiss Confederation is created, with the inaugural president being Jonas Furrer Births January 4 – Heinrich Suter, historian (died 1922) April 21/23 – Carl Rüedi, pulmonologist (died 1901) June 30 – Paul Zweifel, gynecologist and physiologist (died 1927) September 1 – Auguste Forel, myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist (died 1931) October 24 – William Foster Apthorp, musician (died 1913) November 12 – Eduard Müller, politician (died 1919)Eduard Müller - Federal Council https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/federal-council/members-of-the-federal-council/eduard-mueller.html.html www.admin.ch 23 January 2024 en November 28 – Paul Charles Dubois, neuropathologist (died 1918) Pierre-Georges Jeanniot, painter, designer, watercolorist, and engraver (died 1934) Adolfo Kind, chemical engineer and one of the fathers of Italian skiing (died 1907) Andrew Mattei, Swiss-Italian winemaker (died 1931) Auguste Baud-Bovy, painter (died 1949) Deaths June 27 – Heinrich Zschokke, author and reformer (born 1771) References Switzerland External links About the civil war collapsed 1848 Category:Years of the 19th century in Switzerland Switzerland