1851 in Switzerland

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The members of the first Swiss Federal Council in 1851.

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)

References

1. "150 years of Philippines-Switzerland Relations". Philippine Trivia. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
2. Ernst Hostettler (1987). Hand- und Faustfeuerwaffen der Schweizer Armee von 1842 bis heute (3rd ed.). Buch-Vertriebs GmbH Zürich. p. 14. ISBN   3-905216-03-5.