10/21/1847 |
Civil war erupts in Switzerland |
US/the World |
04/06/1860 |
Count Cavour, prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, assures Switzerland over the transfer of Nice to France |
US/the World |
08/22/1864 |
In Switzerland, sixteen countries sign the first Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners and wounded |
US/the World |
07/14/1865 |
In the Alps, the Matterhorn is climbed for the first time but disaster strikes the climbers on the way down |
Crime/Disasters |
04/11/1860 |
Switzerland once again protests the transfer of Nice and Savoy from Piedmont-Sardinia to France |
US/the World |
03/15/1860 |
Switzerland protest the pending French annexation of Savoy |
US/the World |
07/20/1847 |
The Catholic cantons (provinces) of Switzerland refuse to disband their paramilitary forces |
Foreign |
03/05/1859 |
The Swiss Federal Council says Switzerland will defend itself and its neutrality, by force if need be |
Foreign |