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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 Ludwig Binswanger, Swiss psychiatrist (ober 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 Flegenheimer, 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 (ober 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 1958 Ian Woosnam, born in Oswestry, England, nicknamed 'Woosie', 'Wee Welshman', 'Woosers', Welsh, professional golfer, played first European Tour, 1979, won Swiss Open, 1982, number one in Official World Golf Rankings in 1991, awarded O.B.E. 2007 New Years Honors List 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 (Pache 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, Russian/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 Peter Bichsel, born in Lucerne, Switzerland, writer, journalist, wrote 'And Really Frau Blum Would Very Much Like to Meet the Milkman', member of the Gruppe Olten, a club of Swiss writers 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 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 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 1910 Ulrich Becher, born in Germany, writer, author, playwright, studied law in Berlin, novella series condemned by Nazi party, burned in book-burning fire, received Lifetime Achievement Award from Swiss Schiller Foundation 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/U.S. 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/U.S. 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 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, ober 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 Flegenheimer, 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 Felix E. Vallotton, Swiss/French painter/writer, Chaste Suzanna 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, Netherlands/Swiss writer (Trois Femmes), dies at 65 1803 John Augustus Sutter, Swiss / U.S. 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, Netherlands/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 Judae, 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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