became the tri prima of the Swiss alchemist Paracelsus, who reasoned that Aristotle ’ s four element theory appeared in bodies as three principles.

The word comes from Renaissance Latin gnomus, which first appears in the works of 16th Century Swiss alchemist Paracelsus.

** Adam of Bodenstein, Swiss alchemist and physician ( d. 1577 )

* February – Adam von Bodenstein, Swiss alchemist and physician ( b. 1528 )

* September 24 – Paracelsus, Swiss alchemist and physician ( born 1493 )

The 16th-century Swiss alchemist Paracelsus ( Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim ) believed in the existence of alkahest, which he thought to be an undiscovered element from which all other elements ( earth, fire, water, air ) were simply derivative forms.

Swiss alchemist, astrologer, and physician Paracelsus ( 1493 – 1541 ), on the other hand, rejected the idea that abnormal behaviors were caused by witches, demons, and spirits and suggested that people's mind and behaviors were influenced by the movements of the moon and stars.

# Theophrast von Hohenheim Paracelsus – 17th century Swiss physician and alchemist

Adam von Bodenstein ( 1528 – 1577 ) was a Swiss Paracelsian alchemist and physician.

* Adam von Bodenstein, Swiss alchemist and physician ( born 1528 )

Its most notable leader was Paracelsus, an important Swiss alchemist of the 16th century.

A similar figure was the Swiss magician known as Paracelsus ( 1493 – 1541 ), who published Of the Supreme Mysteries of Nature in which he emphasised the distinction between good and bad magic.

In 1567, Swiss physician Paracelsus suggested unidentified substance in mined ore ( identified as radon gas in modern times ) caused a wasting disease in miners, and in England, in 1761, John Hill made the first direct link of cancer to chemical substances by noting that excessive use of snuff may cause nasal cancer.

* November 11 ( or December 17 – Paracelsus, Swiss physician and scientist ( d. 1541 )

The origin of the Paracelsian invented word spagyrici from the Greek: Spao, to tear open, + ageiro, to collect, is a neologism coined by Paracelsus to define his spagyric type of medical-orientated alchemy ; the origins of iatrochemistry no less, being first advanced by the Swiss physician.

There has been a long tradition of Swiss scientists ever since Paracelsus ( real name Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim ).

Pietro Antonio Solari ( Latin: Petrus Antonius Solarius ) ( c. 1445 – May 1493 ), also known as Pyotr Fryazin, was a Swiss Italian architect.

François Bonivard ( or Bonnivard ) ( 1493 – 1570 ) was a Swiss patriot, ecclesiastic and historian whose life was the inspiration for Lord Byron's 1816 poem The Prisoner of Chillon.

As long as the Swabian War continued, the Milanese ruler Ludovico il Moro — whose niece Bianca Maximilian had married in 1493 — could not expect help from either Swiss mercenaries or Maximilian, and thus his envoy Galeazzo Visconti tried to mediate between the Swiss and the king.

* 1888 – Hans Richter, Swiss painter, filmmaker, and graphic artist ( d. 1976 )

* 1799 – Henri Druey, Swiss Federal Councilor ( d. 1855 )

* 1934 – Heinz Schneiter, Swiss footballer

* 1986 – Blerim Džemaili, Swiss footballer

* 1857 – Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist ( d. 1940 )

* 1877 – Ernst Wetter, Swiss politician ( d. 1963 )

* 1978 – Brian Maillard, Swiss guitarist ( Dominici )

* 1896 – Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist ( d. 1980 )

* 1533 – Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar ( d. 1588 )

* 1672 – Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar ( d. 1733 )

* 1897 – Max Weber, Swiss politician ( d. 1974 )

* 1291 – The Old Swiss Confederacy is formed with the signature of the Federal Charter.

* 1891 – Karl Kobelt, Swiss politician ( d. 1968 )

* 1983 – David Gervasi, Swiss decathlete

* 1667 – Francesco Borromini, Swiss architect, designed San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Sant ' Agnese in Agone ( b. 1599 )

* 1981 – Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player

* 1847 – Hans Auer, Swiss architect ( d. 1906 )

* 1956 – Lise-Marie Morerod, Swiss skier

* 1847 – Robert Comtesse, Swiss politician ( d. 1922 )

* 1901 – Alice Rivaz, Swiss writer ( d. 1998 )

* 1933 – Richard R. Ernst, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

* Adrian Zingg ( 1734 – 1816 ), Swiss painter

* 1895 – Albert Cohen, Swiss novelist ( d. 1981 )

* 1946 – Beat Raaflaub, Swiss conductor

* 1979 – Oumar Kondé, Swiss footballer