1889 in Switzerland information

Events during the year 1889 in Switzerland. Federal Council: Bernhard Hammer (president) Karl Schenk Emil Welti Numa Droz Antoine Louis John Ruchonnet...

13th or early 14th century. Its symbolism was described by the Swiss Federal Council in 1889 as representing "at the same the Christian cross symbol and...

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1889. 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...

referendum on a federal law on insolvency and debt was held in Switzerland on 17 November 1889. The new law was approved by 52.9% of voters. The referendum...

Flood, sometimes referred to locally as Great Flood of 1889, occurred on Friday, May 31, 1889, after the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam, located...

In November 1889, the Federal Council published a "communication regarding the federal coat of arms", detailing the history of the use of the Swiss cross...

Bavaria, Germany, tributary of the Mangfall People: Ernst Kaltenbach (1889–1995), Swiss footballer who played as a midfielder Frederick Wilhelm Kaltenbach...

The year 1889 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Francis Galton publishes Natural Inheritance, a book which summarizes...

The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the Swiss Confederation. The nucleus of the Swiss Confederacy in the form of the first three confederate...

registered in 1889, is the oldest unchanged active trademark registered with WIPO. Longines was founded in Saint-Imier in 1832 by Auguste Agassiz, a Swiss watchmaker...

in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 2016. Adams, Francis Ottiwell; Cunningham, C. D. (1889). The Swiss Confederation...

of German ambassadors in Switzerland, who is also accredited to Liechtenstein. The seat of the embassy is the German Embassy in Bern. 1807: Establishment...

Switzerland had a population of 8.57 million as of mid-2019. Its population quadrupled over the period 1800 to 1990 (average doubling time 95 years)....

indices, Switzerland was in 2023 the most participatory democratic country in the world. The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Switzerland a "full democracy"...

Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It is also legal tender in the Italian exclave of Campione d'Italia which is surrounded by Swiss territory. The Swiss National...

national identity at the federal level was introduced with the Swiss national holiday in 1889. The bonfires associated with the national holiday have become...

backdating has to be seen in light of threats by several major powers in 1889 to rescind the neutrality granted to Switzerland in 1815. A publication by...

in Switzerland. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags of Switzerland. Flag of Switzerland Coat of arms of Switzerland List of Swiss flags in German...

Robert Arp (born 1970), American philosopher Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889–1943), Swiss artist Arp Schnitger (1648-1719), German organbuilder Arp, Georgia...

The Brown Swiss or American Brown Swiss is an American breed of dairy cattle. It derives from the traditional triple-purpose Braunvieh ("Swiss Brown") of...

Switzerland elects on national level a collective head of state, the Federal Council, and a legislature, the Federal Assembly. The Federal Assembly...