State

Old Swiss Confederacy

confederation of cantons (1291-1798)

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1291–1798
Founded
1291
Ended
1798
Succeeded by
Helvetic Republic

Overview

The Old Swiss Confederacy, also known as Switzerland or the Swiss Confederacy, was a loose confederation of independent small states (German: Orte or Stände, French: cantons), initially within the Holy Roman Empire. It is the precursor of the modern state of Switzerland.

It formed at the end of the 13th century, from a nucleus in what is now Central Switzerland, expanding to include the cities of Zurich and Bern by the middle of the 14th century. This formed a rare union of rural and urban communes, all of which enjoyed imperial immediacy in the Holy Roman Empire.

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Records (20)

  1. 1388 — Battle of NäfelsBattle
  2. 1422 — Battle of ArbedoBattle
  3. 1476–1477 — Battle of NancyBattle
  4. 1481 — Stanser VerkommnisTreaty
  5. 1487 — Battle of CrevolaBattle
  6. 1508–1516 — War of the League of CambraiWar
  7. 1512 — Battle of PaviaBattle
  8. 1513 — Battle of NovaraBattle
  9. 1513 — Siege of DijonSiege
  10. 1513–1514 — Siege of CremaSiege
  11. 1515 — Battle of MarignanoBattle
  12. 1618–1639 — Bündner WirrenWar
  13. 1653 — Battle of GisikonBattle · Swiss Aristorcracy ▸ Swiss Peasantry
  14. 1653 — Battle of HerzogenbuchseeBattle · Swiss Aristocracy ▸ Swiss Peasantry
  15. 1653 — Battle of WohlenschwylBattle · Switzerland ▸ Swiss Peasant Rebels
  16. 1656 — Battle of RapperswilBattle · Schwyz ▸ Zurich
  17. 1656 — Battle of VillmergenBattle · Lucerne, Catholic Swiss ▸ Zurich, Bern, Protestant Swiss
  18. 1712 — Toggenburg WarWar
  19. 1712 — Battle of BremgartenBattle · Bernese Protestants ▸ Lucerne Catholics
  20. 1712 — Battle of VillmergenBattle · Bern, Zurich ▸ Swiss Catholics

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