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1848 In Switzerland
Events from 1848 in Switzerland. Incumbents * Federal Council (starting from November 16): ** Ulrich Ochsenbein ** Jonas Furrer (President) ** Josef Munzinger ** Henri Druey ** Friedrich Frey-Herosé ** Wilhelm Matthias Naeff ** Stefano Franscini Events * February – Federal troops leave Zug * February – Pro-republic uprising in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Le Locle, and Val-de-Travers * 1 March – Pro-republic forces overthrow the Council of State of the Canton of Neuchatel, declare the Canton a republic * April – Federal troops leave Wallis * 27 June – Draft constitution accepted by the Swiss Diet * July – A Swiss constitutional referendum is held in July and August in the Cantons * 12 September – New constitution declared accepted with 15 1/2 Cantons accepting, 6 1/2 voting against * 6 November – ''Nationalrat'' and ''Ständerat'' meet in Bern for the first time * 16 November – Seven members of Federal Council appointed. New constitution comes into force. * The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel, St. Gallen a.o.). , coordinates = , largest_city = Zürich , official_languages = , englishmotto = "One for all, all for one" , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , religion = , demonym = , german: Schweizer/Schweizerin, french: Suisse/Suissesse, it, svizzero/svizzera or , rm, Svizzer/Svizra , government_type = Federalism, Federal assembly-independent Directorial system, directorial republic with elements of a direct democracy , leader_title1 = Federal Council (Switzerland), Federal Council , leader_name1 = , leader_title2 = , leader_name2 = Walter Thurnherr , legislature = Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |