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Aarau Treaty. 1712. Ended Swiss War.
Swiss War. 1712. Protestant cantons establish dominance over Catholic.
Barth, Karl. 1886-1968. Swiss Protestant theologian. Can only understand God through word of Christ.
Basel, Peace. 1499. Holy Roman Empire grants Swiss independence.
Bernard, St. 923-1008. Founder of Swiss alpine hospices 962.
Bernoulli, Daniel. 1700-82. Swiss discoverer of hydrodynamics. Hydrodynamica 1738.
Bernoulli, Jacob. 1654-1705. Swiss mathematician. Probability. B Numbers.
Bloch, Ernest. 1880-1959. Swiss/US neoclassical composer. Jewish themes. America 1926.
Bundesrat. Upper house of Swiss, German, Austria Parliaments.
Burckhardt, Jacob. 1818-97. Swiss cultural historian. Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy 1860.
Constant de Rebecque, Benjamin. 1767-1830. Swiss/French author. Adolphe.
Dufour, Henri. 1787-1875. Swiss General with Napoleon. Led 1864 Geneva Convention.
Dunant, Henri. 1828-1910. Swiss philanthropist. Founded Red Cross 1863, YMCA.
Einstein, Albert. 1879-1955. German/Swiss/US physicist. Special Theory of Relativity 1905. Quantum theory 1905. General Theory of Relativity 1916. Pacifist, Zionist.
Ekkehard. c910-73. Swiss poet. Song of Walter 929.
Erastus, Thomas. 1524-83. Swiss theologian. Advocated complete domination of state over church.
Euler, Leonhard. 1707-83. Swiss mathematician. Calculus, optics. Analytic geometry.
Fontana, Domenico. 1543-1607. Italian/Swiss architect. Vatican Library 1587. St. Peter’s Cupola 1588.
Giacometti, Alberto. 1901-66. Swiss sculptor. Stretched figures.
Haller, Albrecht von. 1708-77. Swiss anatomist. “Father of experimental physiology”.
Helvetic Confessions. 1636,62. Swiss Reform church doctrines. 2nd widely adopted.
Hesse, Hermann. 1877-1962. German/Swiss writer of psychological, mystical. Siddharta 1922. Steppenwolf 1927. Magister Ludi 1943.
Hodler, Ferdinand. 1853-1918. Swiss Symbolist artist. The Night 1890.
Honegger, Arthur. 1892-1955. Swiss/French modern composer. Joan of Arc 1935. Les Six.
Jaques-Dalcroze, Émile. 1865-1950. Swiss composer. Developed Eurhythmics 1905.