1854 in Switzerland

1854 in Switzerland

Years

1852 | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 | 1856

The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1854 in Switzerland.

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

1. "Wetterhorn during the golden and the post golden age". summitpost.org. 2010. Archived from the original on 2013-06-19. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
2. UBS History. Company website. Accessed 2013-06-17. Archived 2013-06-19.