1848 in Switzerland explained

Events from 1848 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

February – Federal troops leave Zug
February – Pro-republic uprising in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Le Locle, and Val-de-Travers^[1]
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^[2]
12 September – New constitution declared accepted with 15 1/2 Cantons accepting, 6 1/2 voting against^[2] ^[1]
6 November – Nationalrat and Ständerat meet in Bern for the first time^[1]
16 November – Seven members of Federal Council appointed.^[1] New constitution comes into force.^[2]
The position of President of the Swiss Confederation is created, with the inaugural president being Jonas Furrer

January 4 – Heinrich Suter, historian (died 1922)
April 21/23 – Carl Rüedi, pulmonologist (died 1901)
June 30 – Paul Zweifel, gynecologist and physiologist (died 1927)
September 1 – Auguste Forel, myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist (died 1931)
October 24 – William Foster Apthorp, musician (died 1913)
November 12 – Eduard Müller, politician (died 1919)^[3]
November 28 – Paul Charles Dubois, neuropathologist (died 1918)
Pierre-Georges Jeanniot, painter, designer, watercolorist, and engraver (died 1934)
Adolfo Kind, chemical engineer and one of the fathers of Italian skiing (died 1907)
Andrew Mattei, Swiss-Italian winemaker (died 1931)
Auguste Baud-Bovy, painter (died 1949)

Book: Oechsli, Wilhelm . History of Switzerland, 1499-1914 . The University Press . 1922 . 395-400 .
Web site: Bundesverfassung (BV) . 2023-03-20 . hls-dhs-dss.ch . de.
Web site: Eduard Müller - Federal Council . www.admin.ch . 23 January 2024 . en.