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
