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*'''1817''' Emigration of 3000 Swiss people for North and South America | *'''1817''' Emigration of 3000 Swiss people for North and South America | ||
*'''1838''' Church records have standardized columnar entries | *'''1838''' Church records have standardized columnar entries | ||
*'''1874''' | *'''1874''' Marriages, birth and death certificates are controlled by state authorities instead of the church | ||
*'''1874''' Jesuit order is banned from Switzerland until 1973 | *'''1874''' Jesuit order is banned from Switzerland until 1973 | ||
*'''1882-83''' 13,500 Swiss emigrate to US, Argentina, Canada and Brasil | *'''1882-83''' 13,500 Swiss emigrate to US, Argentina, Canada and Brasil | ||
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*'''1939-1945''' World War II, Swiss neutrality | *'''1939-1945''' World War II, Swiss neutrality | ||
*'''1979''' Canton Jura separates from Canton Bern | *'''1979''' Canton Jura separates from Canton Bern | ||
Revision as of 10:38, 9 September 2008
Timeline of Historical Events
- 1291 Foundation of the Swiss Confederation
- 1484-1531 Swiss Reformation began in Zurich
- Early 1500’s First church records begin
- 1535 Anabaptist and Mennonite movements after 1535 began in the rural areas
- 1536 Jean Calvin came to Geneva and reformation began there
- 1545-1563 Catholic Counter Reformation
- 1618-1648 30 Years’ War, Swiss confederacy remains peaceful
- 1656, 1712 Civil Wars caused by religious strife
- 1803-1815 Civil War brings Helvetic Republic to an end and Napoleon confirms Switzerland’s borders and its perpetual neutrality
- 1815-1830 Loose confederacy reestablished with 22 cantons
- 1817 Emigration of 3000 Swiss people for North and South America
- 1838 Church records have standardized columnar entries
- 1874 Marriages, birth and death certificates are controlled by state authorities instead of the church
- 1874 Jesuit order is banned from Switzerland until 1973
- 1882-83 13,500 Swiss emigrate to US, Argentina, Canada and Brasil
- 1914-1918 World War I, Swiss neutrality
- 1918-1933 Economic crisis and inner conflicts
- 1918 Women allowed to vote
- 1933-1939 Hitler seen as a danger to Swiss independence
- 1939-1945 World War II, Swiss neutrality
- 1979 Canton Jura separates from Canton Bern