History of Switzerland
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Since 1848, the Swiss Confederation has been a federal republic of relatively autonomous cantons, some of which have a history of federation that goes back more than 700 years, putting them among the
The Battle of Laupen (1339) between Swiss forces and an army of the Dukes of Savoy (Diebold Schilling the Elder, 1480s)
Leonhard Euler (1707–83), one of the most prominent scientists in the Age of Enlightenment
Gotthard line in 1882
The periods of Restoration and Regeneration in Swiss history lasted from 1814 to 1847. "Restoration" is the period of 1814 to 1830, the restoration of the Ancien Régime, reverting the changes imposed
History of Switzerland
…1803 restored the status of Switzerland as a confederation, and after the end of the Napoleonic period, the Swiss Confederation underwent a period of turmoil culminating in a brief civil war in 1847 and the creation of a federal constitution in 1848. The history of Switzerland since 1848 has been largely one…
Konkordatsbatzen (with the Swiss cross on the reverse) minted in Berne (1826)
Charles Pictet de Rochemont
The Ustertag meets near Zurich on 22 November 1830.
The Züriputsch: clashes on Zürich Paradeplatz