Adolphe Hirsch

Events

1

Episodes

3

Years

1875

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Adolphe Hirsch, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Metre Convention signed in Paris

   1875

   Role: Swiss delegate at the 1875 Diplomatic Conference on the Metre who supported creating the BIPM in France

   1. 11875 · ParisEstablishment of the BIPM

      The treaty created the International Bureau of Weights and Measures as a permanent institution in France.

   2. 21875 · ParisGeodetic Standard Decision

      The Permanent Commission of the European Arc Measurement decided to create an international geodetic standard calibrated against the metre.

   3. 320 May 1875 · ParisSigning of the Metre Convention

      Representatives from seventeen countries signed the Convention of the Metre in Paris on 20 May 1875.

Sources

1. Metre Convention Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-05