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The Historical Dictionary of Switzerland ( Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse; abbr. DHS) is an encyclopedia on the history of Switzerland. It aims to present the history of Switzerland in the form of an encyclopaedia, published both on paper and on the internet, in three of the country's national languages: German, French and Italian.
Schweizerisches Idiotikon ("the Swiss idioticon", [ 1] also known as Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache "Dictionary of the Swiss German language") is an ongoing, major project of lexicography of the Swiss German dialects. Publication began in 1881 and is projected to be complete by 2022. [needs update] Its scope includes the language ...
The Swiss loot the camp of Charles the Bold after the Battle of Grandson of 2 March 1476 (Berner Schilling, 1480s).. The earliest works of Swiss history are the battle songs and folk songs in which the earliest Confederates celebrated their deeds, as well as the Swiss chronicles written mostly in the 15th and 16th centuries, especially the illustrated chronicles produced in the late 15th and ...
Swiss Standard German is the official written language in German-speaking Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It is used in books, all official publications (including all laws and regulations), in newspapers, printed notices, most advertising, and other printed matter. Authors write literature mainly using Swiss Standard German; some dialect ...
The 26 cantons of Switzerland[ 1 ] are the member states of the Swiss Confederation. The nucleus of the Swiss Confederacy in the form of the first three confederate allies used to be referred to as the Waldstätte. Two important periods in the development of the Old Swiss Confederacy are summarized by the terms Acht Orte ('Eight Cantons'; from ...
Reformation in Switzerland by "Presence Switzerland", an official body of the Swiss Confederation. (In English, available also in many other languages.) Bauernkrieg (1525) in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. The Escalade in Geneva in 1602. The Confessio Helvetica posterior (English transcription).
The Swiss government announced its intention to develop and build a nuclear arsenal. 1963: 6 May: Switzerland joined the Council of Europe, a body dedicated to the promotion of good governance and human rights in Europe. 1971: 7 February: A referendum granting women the right to vote in federal elections was approved with sixty-six percent of ...
e. The Old Swiss Confederacy, also known as Switzerland or the Swiss Confederacy, [ 6] was a loose confederation of independent small states ( cantons, German Orte or Stände [ 7] ), 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 ...