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Key Historical Events. For Switzer-land’s history until the Napoleonic period see The Statesman’s Year-Book, 1994–95, p. 1255. In 1815 the perpetual neutrality of Switzerland and the inviolability of her territory were guaranteed by Austria, France, Great Britain, Portugal, Prussia, Russia, Spain and Sweden, and the Federal Pact, which included 3 new cantons, was accepted by the Congress of Vienna. In 1848 a new Constitution was passed. The 22 cantons set up a Federal Government and a Federal Tribunal. This Constitution was on 29 May 1874 superseded by the present Constitution. A new canton, Jura, was established on 1 Jan. 1979.
The Latin ‘Confoederatio Helvetica’ is also in use.
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Further Reading
Office Fédéral de la Statistique. Annuaire Statistique de la Suisse.
Hilowitz, J. E., (ed.) Switzerland in Perspective. New York, 1991
Meier, H. K. and Meier, R. A., Switzerland, [bibliography] London and Santa Barbara, 1990
Wildblood, R., What makes Switzerland tick? London, 1988
National library: Bibliothèque Nationale Suisse, Hallwylstr. 15, 3003 Berne.
National statistical office: Office Fédéral de la Statistique, Hallwylstr. 15, 3003 Berne.
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Hunter, B. (1996). Switzerland. In: Hunter, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271258_179
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