History of Switzerland

timeline dates + fact

Holy roman empire

800 - 1806 after french revolution but before the opening of gottard tunnel

Pact of Tore

1182 peace treaty between milan and como

Berne foundation

1191 establishment of the city of berne

Gotthard pass

1220s opened

Rudolph of Habsburg

1273 - 1291 elected king of germany and died

Federal charter

1291 foundational document in history of switzerland

Middle ages

400 - 1450

Conquest of aargau

1415 to gain independence from habsburgs

White book of sarnen

1474 foundational document for Swiss federalism

Burgundy wars

1474 - 77 duchy of burgundy wanted to increase territory so wars broke out between swiss confederacy and kingdom of france

Ulrich Zwingli

1484 - 1531 protestant reformer in zurich

Italian wars

1494- 1516 series of conflicts fought in the italian peninsula

Early modern period

1500 - 1700

Peace of fribourg

1516 ended war of the league of cambrai which was one of the italian wars

Jean Calvin

1509 - 1546 main protestant reformer and founded calvinism

Humanism in basel

1510 - 1935 cultural and intellectual movement

Reformation

1517 - 1600s started with martin luthers 95 thesis, reformation involved huge changes

Council of trent

1546 - 63 catholic church got together to discuss protestant reformation and change

Gruyere

1555 became independent territory

Peace of westphalia

1648 swiss got independence from holy roman empire in munster

French revolution

1789 napoleon invaded switzerland and became republic of helvetica, governmental system changed

Gotthard tunnel

1882 opened

World war I

1914 - 1918

World war II

1939 - 1945