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19th century in Switzerland

  • Act of MediationFrench troops entered Switzerland in 1798 to dismantle the decentralized Old Swiss Confederation. The new Helvetic Republic replaced an aristocratic system…
  • Restoration and Regeneration in SwitzerlandThe Congress of Vienna opened on the 18th of September 1814 in the Austrian capital. Swiss delegates Hans von Reinhard, Johann Heinrich Wieland and Johann…