Historical place archive

Zurich in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Zurich in Austria. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

4 records4 event labels3 people1799–1926

Historical events in Zurich

1799

7 June 1799
Battle of Zurich
Charles of Austria · Revolution of Austria

Charles of Austria defeats Massena at Zurich

1859

10 November 1859
Peace
Franz Josef I · Piedmont War

The Treaty of Zurich confirms the peace of Villafranca

10 November 1859
Treaty of Zurich
Franz Josef I · Piedmont War

The Treaty of Zurich confirms the peace of Villafranca

1926

1926
Wave Equation for Atomic Electrons
Erwin Schrodinger · Physics

Formulates wave mechanics in which electron states in atoms are represented by wavefunctions obeying the Schrodinger equation.

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Austria and Zurich. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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