1997 3 Swiss banks create $70 million Holocaust fund
1996 Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish/Swiss chemist (Nobel 1950), dies at 99
1995 Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer (Raskolnikov), dies at 84
1995 Patricia Highsmith, [Mary Patricia Plangman], US/Swiss, dies at 74
1994 Max Bill, Swiss painter/sculptor/politician, dies at 85
1994 G Waller, German/Swiss movie journalist (NRC/Variety), dies at 82
1994 Otto F Walther, Swiss publisher/author (Der Stumme), dies at 66
1994 Elias Canetti, Swiss Author
1994 Sandra Paretti, German/Swiss author (Drums of Winter), dies at 59
1993 Franz Schnyder, Swiss director (10th of May), dies at 82
1992 Nikita Magaloff, Russian/Swiss pianist, dies at 80
1992 Hans Zullig, Swiss/German dancer (Green Table), dies
1991 Jean Tinguely, Swiss sculptor artist (moving objects), dies
1991 Wolfgang Hildesheimer, German/Swiss architect, dies
1991 Max Frisch, Swiss architect/writer (Stiller, Biedermann), dies at 79
1990 Friedrich Durrenmatt, Swiss writer (Besuch der alten Dame), dies at 69
1988 Hans Urs von Balthasar, Swiss Theologian
1988 Avalanche at Klosters, a Swiss Ski resort, nearly kills Prince Charles
1981 Roger Federer, Swiss Athlete
1980 Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist/theory/educator, dies at 84
1980 World's longest auto tunnel, St. Gotthard in Swiss Alps, opens
1978 Charlie Chaplin's coffin was stolen from a Swiss cemetery
1977 Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist/composer, dies at 91
1977 Michelle Hunziker, Swiss Actress
1977 Carl Zuckmayer, German/Swiss/US playwright (Second Wind), dies at 80
1975 Walter Linck, Swiss sculptor, dies at 71
1974 Frank Martin, Swiss composer (In Terra Fax), dies at 84
1974 Fritz Zwicky, Swiss/US astronomer (supernova), dies at 75
1973 Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss Scientist
1972 Janet Munro, actress (Crawling Eye, Swiss Family Robinson), dies at 38
1971 Swiss men accept female suffrage
1970 29 Swiss Army officers die in avalanche (Reckingen, Switzerland)
1969 Males of Swiss kanton Schaffhausen rejects female suffrage
1969 Nancy Blogg, Swiss dancer, Josephine
1969 Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor/composer, dies at 85
1968 Karl Barth, Swiss theologist/minister (Kirchliche Dogma), dies at 82
1966 Hans/Jean Arp, French/Swiss painter, poet and sculptor, dies at 78
1966 Ludwig Binswanger, Swiss psychiatrist (šber Ideenflucht), dies at 84
1966 Albert Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor, dies at 64
1966 Alberto Giacometti, Swiss Artist
1965 Paul H Muller, Swiss chemist (DDT-Nobel 1948), dies at 66
1965 Le Corbusier, [Charles Jeanneret], Swiss/French architect, dies at 77
1965 Heinrich Barth, Swiss philosopher (Das Sein in der Zeit), dies
1964 Vreni Schneider, Swiss alpine skier, Olympics-Gold-1988
1963 Edmond Fleg[enheimer], Swiss/French writer (Ecoute Israel), dies
1963 Pirmin Zurbriggen, Swiss alpine skier 1988 Olympics gold
1963 Jean Felix Piccard, swiss explorer, dies on his 79th birthday
1962 Hermann Hesse, German/Swiss poet/author (Nobel 1946), dies at 85
1962 Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor and composer (Bruckner), dies at 82
1962 St. Bernard Tunnel finished, Swiss and Italian workers shake hands
1962 Auguste Piccard, Swiss explorer/balloonist, dies at 78
1962 Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77
1961 Cuno Amiet, Swiss painter, dies at 93
1961 Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss psychatrist (šber Alchemie), dies at 85
1961 Carl G. Jung, Swiss Psychologist
1961 Carl Jung, Swiss Psychologist
1961 Blaise Cendrars, Swiss/French poet (J'ai tue), dies at 73
1959 Ernest Bloch, Swiss/US composer (Macbeth), dies at 78
1959 Ernest Bloch, Swiss/US composer (Macbeth), dies at 78
1959 Grock, [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown/circus director, dies at 79
1959 Swiss males vote against voting rights for women
1956 Karl L Schmidt, German/Swiss theologist (Urchristentum), dies at 64
1955 Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, dies at 69
1955 Arthur Oscar Honegger, Swiss composer (Cantate Noel), dies at 63
1955 Arthur Honegger, Swiss Composer
1955 Paulus B Barth, Swiss painter/lithographer, dies at 73
1954 Werner Bischof, Swiss photographer, dies accidentally at 38
1953 Maurice Lugeon, Swiss geologist (nappism), dies at 83
1952 Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Presento il mio Ticino), dies
1952 Jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist, dies at 70
1951 Swiss males votes against female suffrage
1950 Emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemistry, dies at 73
1950 Swiss parliament refuses voting right for women
1949 Kevin Corcoran, actor, Swiss Family Robinson, Babes in Toyland
1947 Samuel Schmid, Swiss Politician
1945 U.S. 5th army reaches Swiss border
1945 Dieter Meier, Swiss singer and children book writer, Yello
1945 Al Dubin, Swiss songwriter (Tiptoe Thru The Tulips), dies at 53
1944 Jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer (Irrfahrten), dies at 68
1944 Fausto Agnelli, Swiss painter, dies at 64
1944 Adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80
1943 Alexandre Yersin, Swiss bacteriologist (bacteria plague), dies at 79
1943 Sophie Taeuber/Tauber-Arp, Swiss sculptor, dies at 53
1942 Michel Tabachnik, Swiss composer and conductor
1941 Albin Zollinger, Swiss poet/author (Das Gewitter), dies at 46
1941 Guy de Pourtales, Swiss/French writer (Pˆche miraculous), dies
1940 Robert Emden, Swiss geo/astro physics (Gaskugeln), dies at 78
1940 Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist and composer, dies at 68
1940 Paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Modern Art), dies at 60
1940 H. R. Giger, Swiss Artist
1938 Marianne V von Werefkin, Russ/German/Swiss house painter, dies at 77
1937 Maurice J Ravel, Swiss/French composer (Bolero), dies in Paris at 62
1937 Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer, dies in crash at 43
1936 Sepp Blatter, Swiss Leader
1935 Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist, dies at 61
1933 Richard Ernst, Swiss Scientist
1933 Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist, tunneling microscope-Nobel 1986
1931 Hans Schardt, Swiss geologist, dies at 72
1928 Jean Vanier, Swiss Clergyman
1928 Hans Kung, Swiss religious theologist
1928 Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist, dies at 65
1925 Felix E Vallotton, Swiss painter/writer (Chaste Susanne), dies at 60
1925 Jean Tinguely, Swiss sculptor artist, movement objects
1924 Robert Frank, Swiss Photographer
1922 Jacques Wildberger, Swiss composer, In My End is My Beginning
1921 Geza Anda, Hungarian/Swiss pianist, Mozart/Bartok
1921 Patricia Highsmith, [Plangman], US/Swiss writer, Strangers on a Train
1920 Edmond H. Fischer, Swiss Scientist
1920 Armin Schibler, Dutch Swiss composer, Devil in the Winter Palace
1920 Swiss men vote against women's suffrage
1919 Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist (Nobel 1913), dies
1919 "Drs P" [Heinz H Polzer], Swiss/Dutch songwriter/singer
1919 Earnest Haefliger, Swiss tenor, Stadtische Oper Berlin
1919 Lisa Debeljevic-della Casa, Swiss vocalist
1917 Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp merchant/forger, dies
1916 Wolfgang Hildesheimer, German/Swiss architect/writer, Mozart biog
1915 Pierre Wissmer, Swiss composer, Capitaine Bruno
1915 Frick, [W Groebli], Swiss clown, Frick and Frack
1915 Pierre Wissmer, Swiss composer/theory, Capitaine Bruno
1914 Nello Celio, Swiss president
1914 Hans Zelig, Swiss dancer
1913 Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure, Swiss linguist, dies at 55
1912 Nikita Magaloff, Russian/Swiss pianist, Arkadia 598-Schubert
1911 Max Frisch, Swiss architect/writer, Stiller, Biedermann
1910 J Henri Dunant, Swiss writer/founder (Red Cross, YMCA), dies
1910 Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer, Romeo and Juliet
1910 Edouard Rod, French/Swiss writer (Mishel' Tes'e), dies at 52
1908 Max Bill, Swiss painter/sculptor/politician, Ruban Sans Fin
1908 Edzard H Schaper, German/Swiss sailor/UP-correspondent/antifascist
1908 Anita Garvin, actress, Swiss Miss, Blotto, Charlatan, Hats Off
1906 Italian King Victor Emmanuel and Swiss president open Simplon tunnel
1906 Hans Aeschbacher, Swiss sculptor, Venus de Six-Tours
1905 Felix Bloch, Swiss/U.S. nuclear physicist, Nobel 1952
1905 Hans Urs von Balthasar, Swiss Theologian
1903 Walter Linck, Swiss sculptor
1902 Oscar Cullmann, Swiss theologist, Das Petrusproblem
1901 Alberto Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor
1901 Johanna Spyri, Swiss Novelist
1901 Arnold Bocklin, Swiss painter, dies at 73
1900 Wolfgang Pauli, Swiss/Us physicist, Pauli inhibition, Nobel 1945
1899 Paul H Muller, Swiss chemist, DDT-Nobel 1948
1898 Fritz Zwicky, Swiss astronomer, super nova
1897 Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian, dies at 79
1897 Tadeusz Reichstein, Swiss chemist, Nobel 1950
1896 Carl Zuckmayer, German/Swiss/US playwright
1896 Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer, Il Libro Dell'Alpe
1896 C Eugene Wegmann, Swiss geologist, Le Jura plisse
1895 Albin Zollinger, Swiss poet and author, Der Halbe Mensch
1894 Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer, Swiss Air
1893 Barthelemy Menn, Swiss graphic artist/painter, dies at 77
1893 Alphonse LPP de Candolle, Swiss botanist, dies at 86
1892 Arthur Honegger, Swiss Composer
1891 Al Dubin, Swiss songwriter, Tiptoe Thru the Tulips
1891 Karl L Schmidt, German/Swiss theologist, Urchristentum
1890 Ferdinand Gonseth, Swiss mathematician/philosopher
1890 Heinrich Barth, Swiss philosopher, Problem des Bosen
1889 Sophie Taeuber/Tauber-Arp, Swiss sculptor/wife of Hans Arp, Dada
1887 Johann J Bachofen, Swiss historic rights, dies at 71
1887 Hans/Jean Arp, French/Swiss painter, poet and sculptor
1887 Jean/Hans Arp, French/Swiss statues artist/poet
1887 Blaise Cendrars, [Frederic Sauser-Hall], Swiss poet/writer
1886 Ernst Kurth, Austrian/Swiss musicologist
1886 Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, Der Toncharakter
1886 Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist
1884 Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer, Bluthochzeit
1884 Arnold Henry Guyot, Swiss/US geologist/meteorologist, dies at 76
1882 Jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist
1881 Paulus B Barth, Swiss painter/lithographer
1881 Guy de Pourtales, Swiss/French writer, Nietzsche in Italy
1881 Henri-Frederic Amiel, Swiss/French writer (Journal Intime), dies at 59
1881 Ludwig Binswanger, Swiss psychiatrist, šber Ideenflucht
1881 Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss Scientist
1880 Grock, [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown/circus director
1879 Paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor, Bauhaus,
1879 Fausto Agnelli, Swiss painter
1879 Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor and composer, Tonhalle Orchestra
1879 Emile Argand, Swiss geologist, Dekbladen Theory
1877 Emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemist
1875 Jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer: Conrad Pilater
1875 Carl G. Jung, Swiss Psychologist
1875 Carl Jung, Swiss Psychologist
1874 Edmond Fleg[enheimer], Swiss/French author, Ecoute Israel
1873 J Louis R Agassiz, Swiss geologist/paleo-biologist), dies
1873 Louis Agassiz, Swiss Scientist
1873 Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist
1872 Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist and composer
1870 Maurice Lugeon, Swiss geologist, nappism
1868 Cuno Amiet, Swiss painter
1866 Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist, Nobel 1913
1865 Charles Bally, Swiss linguist, Le langage et la vie
1864 Alexandre Calamo, Swiss painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 53
1863 Alexandre EJ Yersin, Swiss/French bacteriologist, bacteria plague
1863 Hermann Kutter, Swiss Christ-social theologist
1862 Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist
1862 Robert Emden, Swiss geo/astro physics, Emden-polytroop
1860 Marianne V von Werefkin, Russian/German/Swiss painter
1860 Marianne V von Werefkin, Russian/German/Swiss painter
1858 Hans Schardt, Swiss geologist
1857 Edouard Rod, France/Swiss writer, Mishel' Tes'e
1850 Jean V Constant de Rebecque, Swiss/Dutch army leader, dies at 77
1849 Albert Gallatin, Swiss Statesman
1847 Alexandre Vinet, Swiss Criitic
1845 Nicholas T the Saussure, Swiss chemist/botany, dies at 77
1844 Edouard Naville, Swiss egyptologist
1841 Augustin P de Candolle, Swiss botanist, dies at 63
1841 Theodor Kocher, Swiss surgeon, thyroid specialist, Nobel 1909
1840 Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89
1827 Johanna Spyri, Swiss Novelist
1827 Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educator, dies at 81
1827 Johann Pestalozzi, Swiss Educator
1824 Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger
1821 Henri-Frederic Amiel, Swiss/French writer, Grains de Mil
1821 Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss Philosopher
1818 Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian
1817 Anne Louise Germaine de Stael, Swiss Author
1815 Johann J Bachofen, Swiss judicial historian
1815 Barthelemy Menn, Swiss graphic artist/painter
1814 Ludwig Schlafli, Swiss vicar/mathematician
1806 Alphonse LPP de Candolle, Swiss botanist
1805 Belle van Zuylen, Neth/Swiss writer (Trois Femmes), dies at 65
1803 John Augustus Sutter, Swiss/US colonist, New Helvetia California, Sutter Mill
1801 Johann C Lavater, Swiss vicar/philosopher, dies at 59
1799 Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist/alpinist, dies at 58
1797 Alexandre Vinet, Swiss Criitic
1789 Jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter (Maria-Theresia), dies
1786 Jacobus Bellamy, [Zelandus], Dutch/Swiss poet, dies at 28
1783 Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician, dies
1782 Johann Wyss, Swiss folklorist/writer, Swiss Family Robinson
1778 Jean Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher
1778 Augustin P de Candolle, Swiss botanist, Theorie elementaire
1777 Albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69
1773 Jean V baron de Rebecque, Swiss/Dutch army leader
1771 Heinrich D Zschokke, Swiss author, Das Goldmacherdorf
1766 Anne Louise Germaine de Stael, Swiss Author
1761 Albert Gallatin, Swiss Statesman
1752 Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer), dies at 47
1750 Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician
1746 Johann Pestalozzi, Swiss Educator
1741 Johann C Lavater, Swiss vicar/philosopher
1741 Angelica Kauffmann, Swiss painter
1740 Belle van Zuylen, Neth/Swiss writer, Three Women
1740 Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist
1728 Johann G von Zimmermann, Swiss author
1724 Johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch doctor for deaf-mutes, dies at 54
1724 Enrico Giovanni Zuccalli, Swiss architect, dies at about 81
1713 Giovanni A di Bartlommeo Viscardi, Swiss architect, dies
1709 1st major group of Swiss/German colonists reaches NC/SC
1705 Jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician, dies at 50
1704 Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician, paradox of Cramer
1702 Jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter, Madame d'Epinay
1669 Johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch deaf-mute teacher, Surdus Loquens
1669 Abraham Crijnssen, Swiss admiral, conquered Suriname, dies
1667 Francesco Borromini, Swiss Architect
1666 Cornelis Evertsen the Old, Swiss vice-admiral, dies in battle at 55
1659 Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator, Easter Island
1654 Jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician
1647 Joos Banckert, Swiss Admiral (Spanish silver fleet), dies at 48
1645 Giovanni Adb Viscardi, Swiss architect, baptized
1622 Saint Francis de Sales, Swiss Clergyman
1617 Johan Evertsen de Captain, Swiss admiral, dies in battle
1610 Cornelis Evertsen, the Elder, Dutch/Swiss vice-admiral
1599 Francesco Borromini, Swiss Architect
1591 Jost/Jobst/Jodocus Amman, Swiss cartoonist/graphic artist, dies at 51
1584 Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist/playwright, dies at 44
1575 Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss Clergyman
1568 Johann Oporinus, Swiss book publisher/publisher, dies at 61
1567 Saint Francis de Sales, Swiss Clergyman
1552 Jobst Burgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician
1552 Theodore-Agrippa d'Aubigne, French/Swiss historian/poet, Tragiques
1551 Joachim Vadianus, Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen, dies at 66
1544 Battle at Carignano: French troops under Earl d'Enghien beat Swiss
1542 Leo Jud[ae], Swiss pastor/church reformer
1541 Paracelsus, Swiss Scientist
1541 Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47
1539 Jost/Jobst/Jodocus Amman, Swiss cartoonist/graphic artist/illustrator
1539 Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist, Comedia
1531 Battle at Kappel: Swiss RC kantons beat protestant
1531 Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies
1525 Swiss and German mercenaries desert Francois I's army
1516 Treaty of Freiburg] French/Swiss "eternal" peace treaty
1513 Johannes Amerbach, Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70
1511 Pope Julius II/Germany/Ferdinand of Aragon/Venice/Swiss
1507 Johann Oporinus [Herbster], Swiss book publisher, Koran
1504 Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss Clergyman
1493 Philippus A. Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, Liber paramixum
1493 Paracelsus, Swiss Scientist
1489 Hans Waldmann, Swiss military/mayor (Zurich), beheaded
1487 Nicholas van Flue, Swiss saint/patron of Switzerland, dies
1484 Joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen
1481 Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer
1388 Battle of Nafels; Glarius Swiss defeat Habsburg (Austrian) army
1386 Battle at Sempach: Swiss beat duke Leopold III of Austria
1315 Swiss Woudsteden renews Eternal Covenant (Oath Society)
1315 Battle at Morgarten: Swiss beat duke Leopold I of Austrian
1291 Everlasting League forms, basis of Swiss Confederation (Independence)
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