Solothurn
The city of Solothurn is the capital of the Canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.
History
- c. 14-37 foundation of the Celtic Salodurum
- 932 Foundation of the St. Ursenstift by the Burgundian queen Bertha
- 1218 Solothurn becomes a free city
- 1481 Solothurn becomes a new member of the old Switzerland
- 1530-1792 the French Ambassador to the Swiss resides in the city. There is a little more about the French Ambassador Jean Chevalley who took the post in 1530, on http://homepage.ntlworld.com/quantium/derivaz/a.htm.
- October 15, 1817 - Tadeusz Kościuszko, the national hero of Poland and United States died in Solothurn and was initially interred at the local cemetery.
- 1828 Solothurn becomes the see of the Bishop of Basel
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