Final answer:
The question contains incorrect options as no Swiss engineer developed a high voltage DC transmission system in the years mentioned. The evolution of electric power distribution was marked by the 'War of the Currents' between Edison’s DC system and Westinghouse and Tesla’s AC system in the late 19th century, with AC eventually prevailing.
Step-by-step explanation:
The student asked which Swiss engineer developed a high voltage DC transmission system and in what year. None of the provided options is correct. The significant development in the realm of electrical systems during the late 1800s was the competition between direct current (DC) systems, advanced by Thomas Edison, and alternating current (AC) systems, which were championed by George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla. While Edison initially installed a DC system in New York City, the advantages of AC, such as the ability to use transformers and its lower power losses over high-voltage transmission, eventually made alternating current the primary method of electrical distribution after 1892. Additionally, Alessandro Volta, mentioned in the question options, was an Italian physicist who created the Voltaic pile, a precursor to modern batteries, in 1800, but he was not associated with high voltage DC transmission systems.