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Switzerland

179 entries quoted from the Wikipedia articles written per year for Switzerland, 1848 CE to 2015 CE. Each century below shows a sample spread across it; the year link on a line opens everything held for that year.

19th century

81 entries, 1848 CE to 1899 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

20th century

86 entries, 1902 CE to 1999 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

  • 190213 September – Richard Paul Lohse, painter (died 1988)Switzerlandsource
  • 190416–17 January – 1904 European Figure Skating Championships take place in Davos.Switzerlandsource
  • 191028 March – Lucian Büeler, figure skater (died 1952)Switzerlandsource
  • 191416 March – Charles Albert Gobat, politician (born 1843)Switzerlandsource
  • 192015 November – The first convention of the League of Nations takes place in Geneva with 41 member states in attendance.Switzerlandsource
  • 192012 February – Adolf Frey – writer and historian (born 1855)Switzerlandsource
  • 192828 October – In the 1928 Swiss federal election, the Social Democratic Party receives the most votes, but the Free Democratic Party remains the largest party in the National Council, winning 58 of the 198 seats.Switzerlandsource
  • 19285 April – Maja Hug, figure skater (died 2023)Switzerlandsource
  • 1929July 27 – Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field (1929) is signedSwitzerlandsource
  • 193012 April – FC Wangen bei Olten is foundedSwitzerlandsource
  • 1932June 16–July 9 – Lausanne Conference of 1932 is held in SwitzerlandSwitzerlandsource
  • 1933Berne Trial is in progress until 1935Switzerlandsource
  • 1934July 14–July 29 – Zürich 1934 chess tournament took placeSwitzerlandsource
  • 1935The Berne Trial, which began in 1933, endsSwitzerlandsource
  • 1937Allianz, a group of Swiss artists, is foundedSwitzerlandsource
  • 1937An Answer from the Silence, a novel by Max Frisch, is published in SwissSwitzerlandsource
  • 194731 January–2 February – The 1947 European Figure Skating Championships take place in Davos.Switzerlandsource
  • 1958The second Swiss Exhibition for Women's Work takes place in Zürich.Switzerlandsource
  • 197021 February – A plane crashes 15 minutes after leaving Zurich Airport on route to Israel after a bomb planted by PLO members explodes, killing all 47 people on board.Switzerlandsource
  • 197513 February – Opening of Glattzentrum, the first large shopping center in Switzerland located on the outskirts of Zurich in Wallisellen, housing several brands like Migros, Globus, and JelmoliSwitzerlandsource
  • 197522 May – General Motors announces the closure of its assembly line in Bienne (BE) by the end of August. 450 people will lose their jobsSwitzerlandsource
  • 19752 January – Major fire at the Fischer casting company in Alpnach-Dorf (Obwalden). Damage amounts to 15 million francsSwitzerlandsource
  • 197926 March–1 April – The 1979 World Curling Championships take place in Bern.Switzerlandsource
  • 198412–17 June – Pope John Paul II tours SwitzerlandSwitzerlandsource
  • 199318 August – The 14th-century Kapellbrücke covered wooden truss bridge in Lucerne is largely destroyed by fire.Switzerlandsource

21st century

12 entries, 2000 CE to 2015 CE