This section contains an overview of the most relevant commemorations in Switzerland.
8 November 2021
The BIS (Bank for International Settlements) was created in the context of the Young Plan, adopted on 20 January 1930 at the Hague Conference. A convention respecting the establishment of the BIS in Basel, Switzerland, was signed on the same date between the governments of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom on … Read more » “Bank for International Settlements”
1 November 2021
31 October 1971 was a special day in Hérémence, a village in the Hérémence Valley (canton of Valais). On this day, the new St. Nicolas Church was consecrated. Its predecessor from 1770 had been severely hit by the earthquake of 1946. The first church in the village dates from the eleventh century. A new church … Read more » “Fifty years St. Nicolas Church in Hérémence”
15 September 2021
The present-day Swiss Confederation came into being on 12 September 1848. On that day, the parliament (Tagsatzung) approved the text after the cantons had adopted it with a majority of 15 ½ cantons against 6 ½. Of these 6 ½ opponents (Zug, Valais, Uri, Tessin, Schwyz, Appenzell Innerrhoden (1/2), Nidwalden (1/2) and Obwalden (1/2), 3 ½ … Read more » “12 September 1848”
