The Swiss Mathematical Society was founded September 4, 1910 in Basel. Its first scientific meeting took place September 6 of the same year, also in Basel. The program of this historic meeting was published in L'enseignement mathématique, vol. 12, p. 522-528.
A History of the SMS, written by Urs Stammbach, is available in German. The history of mathematics in Switzerland, and the context in which the SMS emerged, is described in an article by Erwin Neuenschwander in the Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz. This article is available in German, French and Italian.
The founding fathers of the SMS (see Past Presidents):
