Video: 'Zermatt, the first ascent of the Matterhorn, Edward Whymper'

(Friday, July 14, 1865, 1:40 p.m. local time) — The Matterhorn, straddling Italy and Switzerland, was summited today as a seven-member rope party led by British climber Edward Whymper reached the peak.

Four members of the party would fall to their deaths during their descent, but Whymper and two guides would survive.