1855 in Switzerland

none 1855 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 namehttp://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Grevillea+ramosissima Grevillea ramosissima 24 December 2012 Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra https://archive.today/20130115011923/http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Grevillea+ramosissima 2013-01-15 live and first describes Grevillea thyrsoideshttp://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Grevillea+thyrsoides Grevillea thyrsoides 13 July 2012 Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra The Oberwinterthur railway station and Winterthur main railway station open The Swiss Benevolent Society of New Orleans is foundedhttp://specialcollections.tulane.edu/archon/?p=collections/controlcard&id=43 Swiss Society of New Orleans records, 1855-2010 Tulane University 16 September 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120404035637/http://specialcollections.tulane.edu/archon/?p=collections/controlcard&id=43 2012-04-04 live 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)Adolf Frey Swiss Poet, Novelist & Historian Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adolf-Frey www.britannica.com 5 March 2024 en 4 March 2024 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)Martin J. Munzinger https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/federal-council/members-of-the-federal-council/martin-j--munzinger.html www.admin.ch 4 March 2024 en March 29 – Henri Druey, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1799)Daniel-Henri Druey https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/federal-council/members-of-the-federal-council/daniel-henri-druey.html www.admin.ch 4 March 2024 en References 1855 Category:Years of the 19th century in Switzerland Switzerland