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1857 In Switzerland
The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1857 in Switzerland. Incumbents * Federal Council: **Jakob Stämpfli **Jonas Furrer **Josef Munzinger **Constant Fornerod (President) **Friedrich Frey-Herosé **Wilhelm Matthias Naeff **Stefano Franscini then Giovanni Battista Pioda Events * Hansli Kopp discovers La Tène culture artifacts * Hugo Schiff leaves Germany for Switzerland due to political turmoil * A conference between France, the United Kingdom, Prussia, and Russia ends the Neuchâtel Crisis as Prussia yields its claim to the principality * The first Federal Palace completes construction Arts and literature * ''Horizons prochains'' by Madame de Gasparins is published Births * March 14 – Rudolf Thurneysen, linguist and Celticist (d. 1940) * June 18 – Arthur Hoffmann, politician (d. 1927) * July 12 – Amé Pictet, chemist (d. 1937) * July 31 – Ernest Chuard, politician (d. 1942) * August 13 – Henri François Pittier, geographer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Palace Of Switzerland
The Federal Palace is a building in Bern housing the Swiss Federal Assembly of Switzerland, Federal Assembly (legislature) and the Swiss Federal Council, Federal Council (executive). It is the seat of the government of Switzerland and parliament of the country. The building is a listed symmetrical complex just over long. It is considered one of the most important historic buildings in the country and listed in the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Assets of National Importance. It consists of three interconnected buildings in the southwest of Old City (Bern), Bern's old city. The two chambers of the Federal Assembly, the National Council (Switzerland), National Council and Council of States (Switzerland), Council of States, meet in the parliament building on Bundesplatz. The oldest part of the Federal Palace is the west wing (then called "Bundes-Rathaus", now "Bundeshaus West"), built from 1852 to 1857 under Jakob Friedrich Studer. The building united the federal administration, gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August 13
Events Pre-1600 * 29 BC – Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes. * 523 – John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas. * 554 – Emperor Justinian I rewards Liberius for his service in the Pragmatic Sanction, granting him extensive estates in Italy. * 582 – Maurice becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire. * 871 – Emperor Louis II of Italy and Empress Engelberga are captured by Prince Adelchis of Benevento. * 900 – Count Reginar I of Hainault rises against Zwentibold of Lotharingia and slays him near present-day Susteren. * 1099 – Raniero is elected as Pope Paschal II, who would become deeply entangled in the Investiture Controversy. * 1516 – The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis I of France recognizes Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, recognizes Francis's claim to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1942 In Switzerland
Events during the year 1942 in Switzerland. Incumbents *Swiss Federal Council, Federal Council: **Philipp Etter (president) **Marcel Pilet-Golaz **Ernst Wetter **Karl Kobelt **Enrico Celio **Walther Stampfli **Eduard von Steiger Births * 12 January – Michel Mayor, astrophysicist * 5 April – Pascal Couchepin, politician * 8 June – Jacques Dubochet, biophysicist * 18 July – Adolf Ogi, politician * 10 November – Hans-Rudolf Merz, politician Deaths * 15 May – Annemarie Schwarzenbach, author and photographer (born 1908 in Switzerland, 1908) * 9 November – Ernest Chuard, politician (born 1857 in Switzerland, 1857) References {{Years in Switzerland 1942 in Switzerland, 1942 by country, Switzerland 1942 in Europe, Switzerland 1940s in Switzerland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Chuard
Ernest Chuard (31 July 1857, in Corcelles-près-Payerne – 9 November 1942) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1919–1928). He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council The Federal Council is the federal cabinet of the Swiss Confederation. Its seven members also serve as the collective head of state and government of Switzerland. Since World War II, the Federal Council is by convention a permanent grand co ... on 11 December 1919 and handed over office on 31 December 1928. He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party. During his office time he held the Department of Home Affairs and he was President of the Confederation in 1924. External links * * 1857 births 1942 deaths People from Broye-Vully District Swiss Calvinist and Reformed Christians Free Democratic Party of Switzerland politicians Members of the Federal Council (Switzerland) Presidents of the Swiss Confederation Interior ministers of Switzerland Member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
July 31
Events Pre-1600 *30 BC – Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide. * 781 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: Sixth day of the seventh month of the first year of the Ten'o (天応) era). * 1009 – Pope Sergius IV becomes the 142nd pope, succeeding Pope John XVIII. *1201 – Attempted usurpation by John Komnenos the Fat for the throne of Alexios III Angelos. * 1423 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant: A Franco-Scottish army is defeated by the Anglo-Burgundians at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne. * 1451 – Jacques Cœur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France. *1492 – All remaining Jews are expelled from Spain when the Alhambra Decree takes effect. * 1498 – On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover the islan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 In Switzerland
The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1937 in Switzerland. Incumbents *Swiss Federal Council, Federal Council: **Giuseppe Motta (president) **Hermann Obrecht **Philipp Etter **Johannes Baumann **Marcel Pilet-Golaz **Albert Meyer (politician), Albert Meyer **Rudolf Minger Events *1936–37 Nationalliga, won by FC Lugano *1937 Swiss Grand Prix, won by Rudolf Caracciola *1937–38 Nationalliga, won by Grasshopper Club Zürich *Nyon Conference, which addresses attacks on shipping in the Spanish Civil War *Allianz (arts), Allianz, a group of Swiss artists, is founded *1937 Swiss freemasonry referendum Literature *An Answer from the Silence, a novel by Max Frisch, is published in Swiss Births *3 February – Billy Meier, prophet *9 March – Niele Toroni, painter *18 May – Peter Bolliger, rower (d. 2024) *20 May – Peter von Matt, philologist (d. 2025) *21 May – Hansjörg Hirschbühl, bobsleigher *2 June – Pierre Favre (musician), Pierre Favre, musician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amé Pictet
Amé Jules Pictet (12 July 1857 – 11 March 1937) was a Swiss chemist. He discovered the Pictet–Spengler reaction, and the related Pictet–Hubert reaction and Pictet–Gams reaction. He is credited with publishing the first synthesis of nicotine. Biography Pictet was born in Geneva on 12 July 1857, the son of and Gabrielle Elisabeth Fuzier-Cayla. His father, a great-nephew of Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, was an associate, then the director, of the Pictet Group. Pictet studied chemistry at the Royal Saxon Polytechnic in Dresden from 1877, with Rudolf Schmitt, then at the University of Bonn in 1879, with August Kekulé and Richard Anschütz. He returned to Geneva in 1880 and obtained his doctorate from the University of Geneva the following year, with Carl Graebe as his doctoral advisor. Pictet lectured at the University of Geneva in a variety of roles: He became a ''Privatdozent'' in 1884, extraordinary professor of organic chemistry in 1894, then ordinary professor o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
July 12
Events Pre-1600 * 70 – The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple. * 927 – King Constantine II of Scotland, King Hywel Dda of Deheubarth, Ealdred of Bamburgh and King Owain of the Cumbrians accepted the overlordship of King Æthelstan of England, leading to seven years of peace in the north. * 1191 – Third Crusade: Saladin's garrison surrenders to Philip Augustus, ending the two-year siege of Acre. * 1335 – Pope Benedict XII issues the papal bull Fulgens sicut stella matutina to reform the Cistercian Order. * 1470 – The Ottomans capture Euboea. * 1488 – Joseon Dynasty official Choe Bu returned to Korea after months of shipwrecked travel in China. *1493 – Hartmann Schedel's ''Nuremberg Chronicle'', one of the best-documented early printed books, is published. *1527 – Lê Cung Hoàng ceded the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1927 In Switzerland
Events during the year 1927 in Switzerland. Incumbents * Federal Council: ** Giuseppe Motta (president) ** Edmund Schulthess ** Jean-Marie Musy **Heinrich Häberlin **Ernest Chuard **Robert Haab **Karl Scheurer Events * The pharmaceutical company Galenica is established. Births * 10 January – Otto Stich, politician (died 2012) * 20 April – K. Alex Müller, physicist (died 2023) Deaths * 23 July – Arthur Hoffmann, politician (born 1857) References {{Years in Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ... 1920s in Switzerland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Hoffmann (politician)
Arthur Hoffmann (19 June 1857 in St. Gallen – 23 July 1927 in St. Gallen) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1911–1917). Hoffmann was the son of Karl Hoffmann (1820–1895), who declined his election to the Swiss Federal Council in 1881. Arthur Hoffmann was elected to the Federal Council on 4 April 1911 and resigned on 19 June 1917 as a result of the Grimm–Hoffmann Affair which seriously questioned Switzerland's neutrality during World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to .... He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party. During Hoffmann's office time he held the following departments: * Department of Justice and Police (1911) * Military Department (1912–1913) * Political Department (1914–1917) Hoffmann was Preside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June 18
Events Pre-1600 * 618 – Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China. * 656 – Ali becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate. * 860 – Siege of Constantinople (860), Byzantine–Rus' War: A fleet of about 200 Rus' Khaganate, Rus' vessels sails into the Bosphorus and starts pillaging the suburbs of the Byzantine Empire, Byzantine capital Constantinople. *1053 – Battle of Civitate: Three thousand Normans, Norman horsemen of Humphrey of Hauteville, Count Humphrey rout the troops of Pope Leo IX. *1264 – The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature. *1265 – A draft Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1265, Byzantine–Venetian treaty is concluded between Venetian envoys and Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos, but is not ratified by Doge Reniero Zeno. *1391 – Tokhtamysh–Timur war: Battle of the Kondurcha River: Timur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
