1848 in Switzerland
 1848 in Switzerland
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| Years |
| 1849 | 1850 |
Events from 1848 in Switzerland.
Incumbents
Events
- The position of President of the Swiss Confederation is created, with the inaugural president being Jonas Furrer
January
February
- Federal troops leave Zug
- Pro-republic uprising in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Le Locle, and Val-de-Travers[1]
March
- 1 March-Pro-republic forces overthrow the Council of State, declare Switzerland a republic
April
- Federal troops leave Wallis
May
June
- 6 June-A Swiss constitutional referendum is held
- 27 June-Draft constitution accepted by the Swiss Diet[1]
July
August
September
- 12 September-New constitution declared in force with 15 1/2 Cantons accepting, 6 1/2 voting against[1]
October
November
- 6 November-Nationalrat and Ständerat meet in Bern for the first time[1]
- 16 November-Seven members of Federal Council appointed[1]
December
Births
- Pierre-Georges Jeanniot, a painter, designer, watercolorist, and engraver (d. 1934)
- Adolfo Kind, a chemical engineer and one of the fathers of Italian skiing (d. August, 1907)
- Andrew Mattei, a Swiss-Italian winemaker (d. 1931)
- Auguste Baud-Bovy, a painter (d. 1949)
- January 4-Heinrich Suter, a historian (d. March 17 1922)
- April 21/23-Carl Rüedi, a pulmonologist (d. June 17, 1901)
- June 30-Paul Zweifel, a gynecologist and physiologist (d. August 13, 1927)
- September 1-Auguste Forel, a myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist (d. July 27, 1931)
- October 24-William Foster Apthorp, a musician (d. February 19, 1913)
- November 12-Eduard Müller, a politician (d. November 9, 1919)
- November 28-Paul Charles Dubois, a neuropathologist (d. November 4, 1918)
Deaths
- June 27-Heinrich Zschokke, an author and reformer (b. March 22, 1771)
