1851 in Switzerland explained

The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1851 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council

• • • • • • Ulrich Ochsenbein Jonas Furrer Josef Munzinger (President)
      • Henri Druey Friedrich Frey-Herosé
      • Wilhelm Matthias Naeff Stefano Franscini

Events

• Patek Philippe & Co. is founded
• Swiss Federal Council first considers official representation in the Philippines^[1]
• The Eidgenössischer Stutzer 1851, the first service rifle used by the Swiss armed forces to be procured by the federal government, goes into service^[2]
• The telegraph is organized in Switzerland
• All Swiss weights and measures are unified

Births

• October 6 – Wilhelm Oechsli, historian (d. 1919)

Deaths

• Abraham Constantin, enamel painter (b. 1785)

Notes and References

1. News: 150 years of Philippines-Switzerland Relations . Philippine Trivia . 2013-06-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924072339/http://www.philippine-trivia.com/trivias/history/trivias-about-the-150-years-philippines-switzerland-relations.html . 2015-09-24 . dead .
2. Book: Hand- und Faustfeuerwaffen der Schweizer Armee von 1842 bis heute. Ernst Hostettler. 3rd. 1987. Buch-Vertriebs GmbH Zürich. 3-905216-03-5 . 14.