President of Switzerland
Appointed President of the Diet, 1st term
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1847 in Switzerland
Explore 9 historical events and records for Switzerland in 1847.
Historical records for Switzerland in 1847
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Constitution of Switzerland
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
Dufour Defeats Sonderbund Forces
General Dufour commanded the federal army against the Sonderbund, and the brief conflict opened the way to constitutional reconstruction.
Exile of Konstantin Siegwart-Muller
Elected for the University of Oxford (representing the MA graduates of the University) at the General Election
Geneva Radicals Establish New Constitution
Fazy's government introduced the constitution of 1847, consolidating reforms after the radical victory.
Radical Government Reduces Confessional Privileges
The constitutional settlement under Fazy weakened the former political predominance of Geneva's Protestant establishment.
Radical Party
The State Council resigned and Fazy and the Radical Party sweep to power, they govern Geneva without interruption from 1847 to 1861
Suffrage
Writes another Constitution for Geneva establishing individual rights, confirming universal suffrage and modifying the legislative and executive powers
Universal Suffrage
Writes another Constitution for Geneva establishing individual rights, confirming universal suffrage and modifying the legislative and executive powers
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