1856 in Switzerland
# 1856 in Switzerland

The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1856 in Switzerland.

## Incumbents

* Federal Council:
   * Jakob Stämpfli (President)
   * Jonas Furrer
   * Josef Munzinger
   * Constant Fornerod
   * Friedrich Frey-Herosé
   * Wilhelm Matthias Naeff
   * Stefano Franscini

## Events

* November 7 - Eterna is founded
* Ernest Borel is founded
* Carl Meissner discovers Conospermum mitchellii
* A revolt by Neuchâtel royalists sparks the Neuchâtel Crisis
* Credit Suisse is founded
* Gregory Haas and John Frey, two Swiss diocesan priests, arrive on Mt. Calvary after leaving Switzerland and establish a Capuchin Order in the United States
* The first part of the Olten–Lausanne railway line is opened
* Samuel Francis is relocated to Geneva to oversee the emigration of Latter-day Saints to the United States from Switzerland
* Switzerland opens a diplomatic consulate in Melbourne, Australia
* Arnold Escher von der Linth becomes a professor of geology at the École Polytechnique in Zurich

## Births

* April 7 - Ferdinand Schiess, recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1884)
* May 23 - Hermann Sahli, internist (d. 1933)
* December 6 - Louise Catherine Breslau, artist (d. 1927)
* December 9 - Ernst Brenner, politician (d. 1911)
* December 11 - Paul Sarasin, naturalist (d. 1929)

## Deaths

* William Bally, sculptor (b. c. 1799)
