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1 day ago · Switzerland was formed in 1291 by an alliance of cantons against the Habsburg dynasty—the Confoederatio Helvetica (or Swiss Confederation), from which the abbreviation CH for Switzerland derives—though only in 1848, when a new constitution was adopted, was the present nation formed. Prior to 1848, internal conflict was quite common, but ...
Early history. Prehistory. Roman era (200 BC – AD 400) Alemannia · Burgundy (400–900) Swabia · Burgundy (900–1300) Old Swiss Confederacy. Growth (1291–1516) Reformation (1516–1648) Ancien Régime (1648–1798) Transitional period. Napoleonic era (1798–1814) Restoration (1814–1830)
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Switzerland originates from the Old Swiss Confederacy established in the Late Middle Ages, following a series of military successes against Austria and Burgundy; the Federal Charter of 1291 is considered the country's founding document.
Legend has it that Switzerland was founded in 1291 with the Rütli Oath that the cantons of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden took, forming an alliance against the foreign rule of the Habsburgs. © Photo archive of the Swiss Confederation. Switzerland is located in the middle of Europe, not just geographically; the country's historical development ...
… constituting the greater part of Switzerland, founded on March 29, 1798, after the country had been conquered by Revolutionary France. The new republic excluded both Geneva, which was annexed to France (April 1798), and the three provinces of Valtellina, Chiavenna, and Bormio, which went to the Italian Cisalpine Republic.
Jun 30, 2020 · History. How Switzerland became Switzerland: the main chapters of the country’s history up to 1848. 1848 saw the creation of the Swiss federal state and a unique democratic island in the sea of...
