When Johannes Schmutz was born on 12 September 1829, in Vechigen, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Johannes Schmutz, was 24 and his mother, Anna Barbara Burkhard, was 22. He married Anna Knuchel on 7 August 1857, in Vechigen, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 12 May 1881, at the age of 51.
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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.
Made capital 1848
Jean Henru Dunant founded the Red Cross in Geneva.
Some characteristic forenames: German Fritz, Gerhard, Hans.
South German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a dirty or slovenly person, from German Schmutz ‘dirt’, Middle High German smuz.
South German: nickname for a cheerful person, from a noun derivative of Middle High German smutzen ‘to smile’.
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