The Swiss Confederation reconstitutes itself as a…

September 1848 CE

The Swiss Confederation reconstitutes itself as a federal republic on September 12, 1848.

One of the successes of the Revolutions of 1848, the Swiss Federal Constitution, patterned on the United States Constitution, enters into force, creating a federal republic, and one of the first modern democratic states in Europe.

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