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Round 1 · 2008 AD
Large Hadron Collider First Beam at CERN
Scientists successfully circulated the first proton beams through the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator, housed in a vast underground ring straddling the Franco-Swiss border.
Round 2 · 1865 AD
First Ascent of the Matterhorn
Edward Whymper's expedition successfully reached the iconic summit first, but the triumph turned to tragedy when a rope snapped during the descent, sending four climbers to their deaths.
Round 3 · 1905 AD
Albert Einstein Formulates Special Relativity
While working as a third-class patent clerk in the Swiss capital, a young Albert Einstein gazed at the medieval Zytglogge clock tower and revolutionized physics during his miraculous year.
Round 4 · 1864 AD
Signing of the First Geneva Convention
Prompted by the humanitarian activism of Henry Dunant, European delegates gathered in the Alabama Room to sign a landmark treaty establishing protections for wounded soldiers and medical personnel.
Round 5 · 1291 AD
The Rütli Oath Foundational Alliance
Representatives from the alpine valleys of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden met secretly in this lakeside meadow to swear a mutual defense pact against Habsburg expansion, founding the Old Swiss Confederacy.