Louis Vulliemin was the founder of the Société d’histoire de la Suisse romande, together with Felix Chavannes the poet and F. de Gingins the historian. Imaginative, ardent, patriotic, variously gifted, Vulliemin devoted all his talent to his country’s use, and merits the eternal gratitude of Switzerland.
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J. G. von Wyss, Swiss historian, born at Zurich March 31st, 1816, is the son of the burgomaster David von Wyss. He was appointed president of the Société d’histoire suisse in 1854, and is universally recognised as among the most learned of the historians of the century.
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A CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY OF THE HISTORY OF SWITZERLAND
Before the Roman Conquest
Before 3000 B.C. (Stone Age.) The lake-dwellers, the earliest people of which traces remain in what is now Switzerland, live in primitive huts built on piles in the shallow waters of various lakes. They do not know the use of metal; use stone axe-heads, fixed in stag’s horn and wood hafts, flint arrow-heads, etc.