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After the Battle of Mortgarten the Swiss can renew their Federal charter of 1291
Switzerland · Government / Government of Switzerland. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
After the Battle of Mortgarten the Swiss can renew their Federal charter of 1291
The Federal constitution goes into effect
A new constitution for Geneva, partly written by Fazy, is adopted in 1842, it guaranteed universal suffrage, and established the conseil dEtat as the executive authority and the grand conseil as the legislative body
Writes another Constitution for Geneva establishing individual rights, confirming universal suffrage and modifying the legislative and executive powers. The State Council resigned and Fazy and the Radical Party sweep to power, they govern Geneva without interruption from 1847 to 1861. The Constitution that he wrote for Geneva in 1847 meant that, for the first time over 300 years, Protestantism was no longer the dominant religion
The Federal constitution goes into effect
Author of the Constitution. As a consequence of the civil war, Switzerland adopts a federal constitution in 1848
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