Simplon (department)
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Simplon was a department of the First French Empire. It was named after the Simplon Pass. It was formed in 1810, when the Republic of Valais was annexed by France. Its territory corresponded with that
Maison de Kalbermatten, former prefecture of the department
Bond of the Département du Simplon, issued 7. December 1812; probably the oldest bond from Switzerland
The periods of Restoration and Regeneration in Swiss history lasted from 1814 to 1847. "Restoration" is the period of 1814 to 1830, the restoration of the Ancien Régime, reverting the changes imposed
Simplon (department)
…Saint-Maurice: Entremont, Martigny, Monthey and Saint-Maurice. After the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1815, the department was admitted to the Swiss Confederation and became the canton of Valais. The department was created by Article 2 of the decree of 12 November 1810, reuniting the Valais to the French Empire…
Konkordatsbatzen (with the Swiss cross on the reverse) minted in Berne (1826)
Charles Pictet de Rochemont
The Ustertag meets near Zurich on 22 November 1830.
The Züriputsch: clashes on Zürich Paradeplatz