When Catharina Buergener was born on 14 February 1712, in Interlaken, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Ulrich Burgener, was 28 and her mother, Anna Maria Wahlen, was 32.
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Revolution in Switzerland. Farmers in occupied territories become free citizens. Centralistic parliamentary republic according to French model. Occupation by French troops and some battles of Napoleon vs. Austria and Russia in Switzerland.
Switzerland is one of the first industrialized countries in Europe.
"Civil war brings Helvetic Republic to an end. French emperor Napoleon enforces a constitution negotiated under his ""mediation""."
German: variant of Burgner and, in North America, possibly also an altered form of this. The surname Burgener is very rare in Germany.
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