When Hans Jakob Ruegger was born on 27 February 1800, in Niederwil bei Zofingen, Aargau, Switzerland, his father, Hans Jakob Ruegger, was 26 and his mother, Barbara Weber, was 25. He married Anna Elisabeth Moor on 8 February 1822, in Rothrist, Aargau, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 27 January 1876, in his hometown, at the age of 75.
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New Federal Constitution combining elements of the U.S. constitution (Federal State with central and cantonal (state) governments and parliaments) and of French revolutionary tradition. The Principles of this constitution are still valid today.
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