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← 1853 1852 1851 1854 in Switzerland → 1855 1856 1857
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See also:	History of Switzerland Timeline of Swiss history List of years in Switzerland

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

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
  • Ulrich Ochsenbein then Jakob Stämpfli
  • Jonas Furrer
  • Josef Munzinger
  • Henri Druey
  • Friedrich Frey-Herosé (President)
  • Wilhelm Matthias Naeff
  • Stefano Franscini

Events

• August 27 – Alfred Wills ascends the Wetterhorn, starting the golden age of alpinism
• 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
• ETH Zurich (The Federal Polytechnic Institute) is establsihed.

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 2013-12-04. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
2. UBS History. Company website. Accessed 2013-06-17. Archived 2013-06-19.
3. Schelbert, Leo (21 May 2014). Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Rowman & Littlefield. p. xxxii. ISBN 978-1-4422-3352-2.
4. "Eugène Ruffy". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 4 March 2024.

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