1856 in Switzerland

1856 in Switzerland

Years

1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 | 1858

The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1856 in Switzerland.

Events

• November 7 - Eterna is founded
• Ernest Borel is founded
• Carl Meissner discovers Conospermum mitchellii
• A revolt by Neuchâtel royalists sparks the Neuchâtel Crisis
• 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 Zurich^[1]

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

1.  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Escher von der Linth, Arnold". Encyclopædia Britannica. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 765.