1851 in Switzerland
The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1851 in Switzerland.
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Incumbents
- Federal Council:
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
- "150 years of Philippines-Switzerland Relations". Philippine Trivia. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
- 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.
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