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1855 in Switzerland

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The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1855 in Switzerland.

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Events

  • ETH Zurich, the Federal Polytechnic, opens
  • Botanist Carl Meissner gives Grevillea ramosissima its current name and first describes Grevillea thyrsoides
  • The Oberwinterthur railway station and Winterthur main railway station open
  • The Swiss Benevolent Society of New Orleans is founded
  • Switzerland opens a consulate in Sydney, Australia

    • Arts and literature

  • Green Henry is first published

    • Births

  • February 18 - Adolf Frey, writer and literary historian (d. 1920)
  • July 16 - Rodolphe Lindt, chocolate manufacturer and inventor (d. 1909)
  • September 16 - Eugène Penard, biologist (d. 1954)
  • December 19 - Carl Joseph Schröter, botanist (d. 1939)
  • Arnold Lang, naturalist (d. 1914)
  • Meta von Salis, feminist and historian (d. 1929)

    • Deaths

  • February 6 - Josef Munzinger, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1791)
  • March 29 - Henri Druey, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1799)

    • References

    1855 in Switzerland Wikipedia
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