1816
Border
Establishes the border between Switzerland & Sardinia
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Berne in Switzerland. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Establishes the border between Switzerland & Sardinia
Appointed State Secretary
Appointed Vice President of the USA
Appointed Head of the Government, 1st term
Elected for the University of Oxford (representing the MA graduates of the University) at the General Election
Author of the Constitution. As a consequence of the civil war, Switzerland adopts a federal constitution in 1848
The Federal constitution goes into effect
Appointed Head of the Government, 2nd term
Appointed Member of Nationalrat
Appointed Member of Bundesrat
Opens the 1st session of the League of Nations
Switzerland applies to the League of Nations for unconditional neutrality
Switzerland applies to the League of Nations for unconditional neutrality
The League of Nations grants Switzerland an unconditional neutrality
The League of Nations grants Switzerland an unconditional neutrality
Provenance
These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Switzerland and Berne. 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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