The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1852 in Switzerland.
Incumbents Federal Council: Ulrich Ochsenbein Jonas Furrer (President) Josef Munzinger Henri Druey Friedrich Frey-Herosé Wilhelm Matthias Naeff Stefano Franscini
Events Rayon IV stamps are abandoned and become part of Rayon III A treaty is reached between the government of Baden and the Swiss Confederation on how to build Basel Badischer Bahnhof Alfred Escher, among others, helps push through a railway law saying that railway construction and operation should be left to private companies Lavey-Morcles is created by a merger of Morcles and LaveyAmtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 18 February 2011
Births June 2 – Eduard Spelterini, pioneer of ballooning and aerial photography (d. 1931) June 28 – Hans Huber, composer (d. 1921) July 31 – Hans Renold, engineer (d. 1943) August 11 – Friedrich Gottlieb Stebler, agriculturalist and ethnographer (d. 1935) October 14 – Otto Binswanger, psychiatrist and neurologist (d. 1929) December 11 – Karl Moor, Communist and German spy in World War I (d. 1932)
Deaths François-Louis Cailler, first Swiss chocolate producer (b. 1796)
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