| 1991 |
Jura separatists topple an historic gold-encrusted statue in the city of Berne. |
| Aug 1, 1991 |
On Switzerland's 700th anniversary, Jura separatists use weedkiller to spell out "Jura libre" (free Jura) in 10-foot-tall letters in the grass of the sacred Ruetli meadow. |
| Sep 1992 |
Pascal Heuhe, a member of the Belier party, gets political asylum in the canton of Jura after being sentenced to 22 months in jail in the canton of Berne. |
| Nov 30, 1992 |
Leaders of Switzerland's French speakers say that they will react bitterly and may demand more autonomy if an upcoming national referendum rejects closer integration with Europe. |
| 1993 |
Jura separatists dye the water of a public Berne swimming pool bright violet. |
| Jan 8, 1993 |
A man, apparently a member of the Belier party, is killed when a bomb prematurely explodes. A second bomb explodes an hour later in the home of the Sanglier group which opposes Jura separatism. This occurs 2 days after the Swiss supreme court confirms the jail sentence of a Belier member for a bomb attack in 1986. |
| Feb 5, 1993 |
Swiss police say that the Belier party planned a series of bomb attacks. Future planned attacks, according to the police, include attacks on a statue of legendary national hero William Tell, an arms depot and an army barracks. Police also discover several arms caches. |
| Feb 26, 1993 |
Belier party leader Daniel Pape is arrested and a cache of about 50 grenades is found in his attic. |
| Mar 12, 1995 |
The first of 4 plebiscites which are required by Swiss law for a region to switch cantons occurs in the tiny Swiss hamlet of Vellera (population 70). The hamlet wishes to leave the canton of Berne and join the canton of Jura. |
| 2005 |
A symbolic stone, used as a centerpiece for a festival marking Switzerland's independence from Napoleon, was stolen. A pro-Jurassian group is suspected of the act; however, no claims of responsibility were made. (BBC News. 08/25/2005. "Historical Swiss Boulder Stolen.") |
