1854 in Switzerland
 1854 in Switzerland
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The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1854 in Switzerland.
Incumbents
Events
- August 27 - Alfred Wills ascends the Wetterhorn, starting the golden age of alpinism[1]
- December 19 - The Basel SBB railway station is opened
- The West Switzerland Company is formed
- The United Bank of Switzerland is formed in the form of the Swiss Bank Corporation when six private banking firms pool their resources[2]
- Roads and canals taken in hand were taken under federal control
Art and literature
- The fables of Jean Jacques Porchat are reissued under the new title Fables et paraboles
Births
- March 30 - Alfred Ilg, engineer (d. 1916)
- April 19 - Emma Pieczynska-Reichenbach, abolitionist and feminist (d. 1927)
- August 2 - Eugène Ruffy, politician (d. 1919)
- August 30 - Edmond Louis Budry, hymn writer (d. 1932)
- September 15 - Traugott Sandmeyer, chemist (d. 1922)
- September 23 - Charles Soret, physicist and chemist (d. 1904)
- September 24 - Robert Keller, botanist (d. 1939)
Deaths
- May 12 - Melchior Berri, architect (b. 1801)
- October 22 - Jeremias Gotthelf, novelist (b. 1797)
- November 18 - Alberich Zwyssig, composer of the Swiss Psalm (b. 1808)
- John James Chalon, painter (b. 1778)
References
- ^ "Wetterhorn during the golden and the post golden age". summitpost.org. 2010. Archived from the original on 2013-06-20. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ UBS History. Company website. Accessed 2013-06-17. Archived 2013-06-19.
