1 January 1847President of SwitzerlandAlexander Ludwig Funk
Appointed President of the Diet, 1st term
Historical records for Switzerland in 1847, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Appointed President of the Diet, 1st term
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
Elected for the University of Oxford (representing the MA graduates of the University) at the General Election
The State Council resigned and Fazy and the Radical Party sweep to power, they govern Geneva without interruption from 1847 to 1861
Writes another Constitution for Geneva establishing individual rights, confirming universal suffrage and modifying the legislative and executive powers
Writes another Constitution for Geneva establishing individual rights, confirming universal suffrage and modifying the legislative and executive powers
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