Events in Switzerland

214 notable events in Switzerland — rail accidents, science topics and scandals. Page 1 of 3.

• 2026 Crans-Montana bar fire
  Jan 1, 2026 · Fire
• Order of the Solar Temple
  date unknown · Shooting
• Gotthard Road Tunnel
  date unknown · Fire
• Karl-Erivan Haub
  Apr 7, 2018 · Disappearance
• Treaty of Lausanne
  Jul 24, 1923 · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Mandate for Palestine
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Crossair Flight 3597
  Nov 24, 2001 · Aviation accident
• Train wreck in Dürrenast
  May 17, 2006 · Rail accident
• 2015 FIFA corruption case
  2015 · Crime & justice
• Swissair Flight 330
  Feb 21, 1970 · Terrorism
• 2025 Blatten glacier collapse
  May 28, 2025 · Industrial & structural disaster
• World Jewish Congress
  date unknown
• 1566 celestial phenomenon over Basel
  Aug 7, 1566 · Science & concept
• 2026 Winterthur stabbing attack
  May 28, 2026 · Attack (other)
• Fort Dailly Explosion
  May 28, 1946 · Bombing & explosion
• Sierre coach crash
  Mar 13, 2012 · Road accident
• Rupperswil murder case
  Dec 21, 2015 · Murder & homicide
• Murder of Elisabeth of Austria
  Sep 10, 1898 · Murder & homicide
• Lucens reactor
  date unknown · Industrial & structural disaster
• Aerial incidents in Switzerland in World War II
  Jan 1, 1940–Jan 1, 1945 · War & armed conflict
• Ethiopian Airlines Flight 702
  Feb 17, 2014 · Aviation accident
• Werner Ferrari
  Jan 1, 1971–Jan 1, 1989 · Murder & homicide
• Crossair Flight 498
  Jan 10, 2000 · Aviation accident
• Zug massacre
  Sep 27, 2001 · Shooting
• 1936 Eiger climbing disaster
  1936 · Disaster
• First ascent of the Matterhorn
  Jul 14, 1865 · Death & funeral
• 2018 Ju-Air Junkers Ju 52 crash
  Aug 4, 2018 · Aviation accident
• Swissair Flight 306
  Sep 4, 1963 · Aviation accident
• Mitholz ammunition depot explosion
  Dec 19, 1947 · Bombing & explosion
• 1356 Basel earthquake
  Oct 18, 1356 · Earthquake
• Disappearance of Alessia and Livia Schepp
  Jan 30, 2011 · Disappearance
• Tauredunum event
  563 · Natural disaster
• Swiss peasant war of 1653
  Jan 1653–Jun 4, 1653 · Riot & unrest
• Secret files scandal
  Nov 1989 · Scandal & controversy
• Seewen murder case
  Jun 5, 1976 · Crime & justice
• Kinder der Landstrasse
  date unknown · Attack (other)
• Invicta International Airlines Flight 435
  Apr 10, 1973 · Aviation accident
• Opernhauskrawalle
  May 1980 · Riot & unrest
• Pro Juventute
  date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Roger Andermatt
  Jan 1, 1995–Jan 1, 2001 · Murder & homicide
• Series of child abductions and killings in Switzerland
  date unknown · Kidnapping & hostage
• Crystal Cave murder in Oberriet
  date unknown · Crime & justice
• Foundation E. G. Bührle
  until May 31, 2015 · Crime & justice
• LHCb experiment
  date unknown · Science & concept
• Affair of the Sausages
  Mar 1522 · Scandal & controversy
• 2026 Kerzers bus fire
  Mar 10, 2026 · Attack (other)
• Neuchâtel Crisis
  Aug 1856–1857 · Crisis
• Hans Vollenweider
  Jun 1, 1940 · Murder & homicide
• Kidnapping of Ylenia Lenhard
  2007 · Kidnapping & hostage
• Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz v. Switzerland
  date unknown · Crime & justice
• Gotthard Base Tunnel derailment
  Aug 10, 2023 · Rail accident
• November 1932 Geneva shooting
  Sep 9, 1932 · Massacre
• Ładoś Group
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Münchenstein rail disaster
  Jun 14, 1891 · Rail accident
• Appenzell Wars
  1401–1429 · War & armed conflict
• Disappearance of Tracy Splinter
  Aug 1, 2016 · Disappearance
• 1946 C-53 Skytrooper crash on the Gauli Glacier
  Nov 19, 1946 · Aviation accident
• Chiasso scandal
  date unknown · Scandal & controversy
• Züriputsch
  Sep 6, 1839 · War & armed conflict
• Federal popular initiative "against the construction of minarets"
  Nov 29, 2009 · Scandal & controversy
• Volcker Commission
  date unknown · Scandal & controversy
• Chiasso financial smuggling case
  date unknown · Crime & justice
• Oil soldiers
  Jan 1, 1940 · War & armed conflict
• Steingletscher explosion accident
  Nov 2, 1992 · Bombing & explosion
• 1982 seizure of the Polish embassy in Bern
  Sep 9, 1982 · Kidnapping & hostage
• Jetzer affair
  1507–1509 · Scandal & controversy
• El Al Flight 432
  Feb 18, 1969 · Terrorism
• Rheintalflug flight 102
  Feb 23, 1989 · Aviation accident
• Basel Massacre
  Jan 16, 1349 · Massacre
• Mirages affair
  1960s · Scandal & controversy
• Sihlpost mail robbery
  date unknown · Crime & justice
• 1949 Lausanne Conference
  1949 · War & armed conflict
• Bern scandal
  Jul 28, 1987 · Scandal & controversy
• 2016 Zurich Islamic center shooting
  Dec 19, 2016 · Shooting
• Air Afrique Flight 056
  Jul 24, 1987 · Aviation accident
• Globus riot
  Jun 29, 1968 · Riot & unrest
• Grimm–Hoffmann affair
  1917 · Scandal & controversy
• 2024 Switzerland floods
  Jun 2024 · Natural disaster
• Paquerette affair
  Sep 12, 2013 · Murder & homicide
• Göschenen riots
  Jul 28, 1875 · Riot & unrest
• FASER experiment
  date unknown · Science & concept
• Missing Children Switzerland
  date unknown · Kidnapping & hostage
• UA1 experiment
  date unknown · Science & concept
• Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 130
  Jan 18, 1971 · Aviation accident
• CLOUD experiment
  date unknown · Science & concept
• Rivera massacre
  Mar 4, 1992 · Shooting
• Pfäffikon ZH rail accident
  Sep 12, 1982 · Rail accident
• Murder of Ylenia Lenhard
  Jul 31, 2007 · Murder & homicide
• Brigitte Didier affair
  date unknown · Crime & justice
• Granges-près-Marnand train crash
  Jul 29, 2013 · Rail accident
• Hönggerberg murder case
  Nov 23, 2007 · Murder & homicide
• Qatargate scandal
  from Jan 29, 2013 · Scandal & controversy
• Conflagration in Glarus
  May 10, 1861 · Fire
• Battle of the Nidwalden
  Sep 9, 1798 · War & armed conflict
• Massacre of Greifensee
  May 1, 1444–May 28, 1444 · Massacre
• 1969 and 1970 Palestinian terrorist attacks against Switzerland
  date unknown · Terrorism
• 1946 Valais earthquake
  Jan 25, 1946 · Earthquake
• Evolène avalanche
  Feb 21, 1999 · Natural disaster
• Crime of Maracon
  Jun 19, 1949 · Crime & justice
• Jaccoud case
  Jan 1, 1958 · Crime & justice