Switzerland

Place Unit Type
Nation
Containing Unit
Europe
Date Type
Civil war erupts in Switzerland US/the World
Count Cavour, prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, assures Switzerland over the transfer of Nice to France US/the World
In Switzerland, sixteen countries sign the first Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners and wounded US/the World
In the Alps, the Matterhorn is climbed for the first time but disaster strikes the climbers on the way down Crime/Disasters
Switzerland once again protests the transfer of Nice and Savoy from Piedmont-Sardinia to France US/the World
Switzerland protest the pending French annexation of Savoy US/the World
The Catholic cantons (provinces) of Switzerland refuse to disband their paramilitary forces Foreign
The Swiss Federal Council says Switzerland will defend itself and its neutrality, by force if need be Foreign
19th-Century Immigration
Birthplace of
Burial Place of
Name Type
Fribourg, Switzerland City or Town
Schaffhausen, Switzerland City or Town
Zurich, Switzerland City or Town
Date Title
Abraham Lincoln to Agenor-Etienne de Gasparin, August 4, 1862
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