Historical place archive

Neuchatel in History

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

3 records3 event labels2 people1837–1925

Historical events in Neuchatel

1837

24 July 1837
Glacial Theory
Louis Agassiz · Physics

Publicly advances the theory of a widespread prehistoric glacial period.

24 July 1837
Neuchatel Glacial Address
Louis Agassiz · Physics

Presents evidence that extensive ancient ice once covered large regions.

1925

1925
Professor
Jean Piaget · Psychology

Appointed Professor of Philosophy at the University of Neuchatel

Provenance

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