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  2. Timeline of Geneva - Wikipedia

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    Canton of Geneva created. [6] [18] Canton of Geneva becomes part of the Swiss Confederation. [1] [6] 1816 – Treaty of Turin nearly doubled the size of the Canton of Geneva. [19] 1817 – Botanical garden created in the Parc des Bastions . 1821 – Catholic diocese of Lausanne and Geneva established. [2] 1825 – Prison begins operating. [20]

  3. History of Geneva - Wikipedia

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    Geneva first appears in history as an Allobrogian border town, fortified against the Celtic Helvetii tribe, which the Roman Republic took in 121 BC.. In 58 BC, Caesar, Roman governor of Gaul, destroyed the Rhône bridge at Geneva and built a 19-mile earthwork from Lake Geneva to the Jura Mountains in order to block the migration of the Helvetii, who "attempted, sometimes by day, more often by ...

  4. Canton of Geneva - Wikipedia

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    The Canton of Geneva, whose official name is the Republic and Canton of Geneva, is the successor of the Republic of Geneva. [6]This article focuses on the history of the canton, which begins in 1815, and some of the context leading to modern borders and events after that date.

  5. Outline of Geneva - Wikipedia

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    Timeline of Geneva. Beginnings and early Middle Ages. Geneva first appears in history as an Allobrogian border town. Geneva during the 18th century; Geneva during the 19th century. Geneva flourished in the 19th and 20th centuries, becoming the seat of many international organizations. Geneva during the 20th century

  6. Swiss nobility - Wikipedia

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    Typically, each canton had its own constitution, currency, jurisdiction, habits, customs, history, and nobility. In the Middle Ages , various cantons had families with only local and, in the broad scheme of things, insignificant lands, whereas other cantons had ennobled families abroad.

  7. Reformation in Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    The Dukes of Savoy had tried already for centuries to gain sovereignty over the city of Geneva, surrounded by Savoyard territory, for the Vaud in the north of Lake Geneva belonged to the duchy. The Reformation prompted the conflicts to escalate once more. Geneva exiled its bishop, who was backed by Savoy, in 1533 to Annecy.

  8. Territorial evolution of Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    Map of the Helvetic Republic (1798) Map of Switzerland in 1815 New cantons were added only in the modern period, during 1803–1815; this mostly concerned former subject territories now recognized as full cantons (such as Vaud, Ticino and Aargau), and the full integration of territories that had been more loosely allied to the Confederacy (such as Geneva, Valais and Grisons).

  9. Old Swiss Confederacy - Wikipedia

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    The canton where the delegates met initially chaired the gathering, but during the 16th century Zürich permanently assumed the chair (Vorort) and Baden became the seat. The Tagsatzung dealt with inter-cantonal affairs and was the court of last resort in disputes between member states, imposing sanctions on dissenting members.