The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1854 in Switzerland.
Incumbents Federal Council: Ulrich Ochsenbein then Jakob Stämpfli Jonas Furrer Josef Munzinger Henri Druey Friedrich Frey-Herosé (President) Wilhelm Matthias Naeff Stefano Franscini
Events August 27 – Alfred Wills ascends the Wetterhorn, starting the golden age of alpinism December 19 – The Basel SBB railway station is opened The West Switzerland Company is formed The United Bank of Switzerland is formed in the form of the Swiss Bank Corporation when six private banking firms pool their resourcesUBS History. Company website. Accessed 2013-06-17. Archived 2013-06-19. ETH Zurich (The Federal Polytechnic Institute) is established.
Art and literature The fables of Jean Jacques Porchat are reissued under the new title Fables et paraboles
Births March 30 – Alfred Ilg, engineer (d. 1916) April 19 – Emma Pieczynska-Reichenbach, abolitionist and feminist (d. 1927) August 2 – Eugène Ruffy, politician (d. 1919) August 30 – Edmond Louis Budry, hymn writer (d. 1932) September 15 – Traugott Sandmeyer, chemist (d. 1922) September 23 – Charles Soret, physicist and chemist (d. 1904) September 24 – Robert Keller, botanist (d. 1939)
Deaths May 12 – Melchior Berri, architect (b. 1801) October 22 – Jeremias Gotthelf, novelist (b. 1797) November 18 – Alberich Zwyssig, composer of the Swiss Psalm (b. 1808) John James Chalon, painter (b. 1778)
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