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The Sonderbund War (German: Sonderbundskrieg, French: Guerre du Sonderbund, Italian: Guerra del Sonderbund) of November 1847 was a civil war in Switzerland, then still a relatively loose confederacy of cantons.
Due to its violation of inter-cantonal treaties, the confederate army was raised. The confederate forces invaded Sonderbund territory in November 1847, initiating the Sonderbund War, which thanks to the thoughtful campaign by General Guillaume-Henri Dufour resulted in fewer than a hundred casualties on both sides.
3 November 1847 29 November 1847 Sonderbund War. Civil war; Swiss Confederation Aargau; Appenzell AR Basel-Landschaft Basel-Stadt Bern Geneva Glarus Graubünden St. Gallen Solothurn Thurgau Ticino Vaud Zürich; Sonderbund Fribourg Lucerne Nidwalden Obwalden Schwyz Uri Valais Zug; Confederation victory
That succeeded and seven Catholic cantons formed the "Sonderbund." This caused a liberal-radical move in the Protestant cantons to take control of the national Diet in 1847. The Diet ordered the Sonderbund dissolved, igniting a small-scale civil war against rural cantons that were strongholds of pro-Catholic ultramontanism. [16]
The war lasted for less than a month, causing fewer than 100 casualties. Apart from small riots, [3] this was the last armed conflict on Swiss territory. At the end of the Sonderbund War, the Diet debated a new federal constitution drawn up by Johann Conrad Kern (1808–1888) of Thurgau and Henri Druey (1790–1855) of Vaud.
In addition to serving in the position of General in 1847 due to the Sonderbund War, [2] the Federal Assembly appointed him to the same position in August 1849 due to the Baden Revolution, [7] [8] on 27 December 1856 due to the Neuchâtel Crisis, [9] and in 1859 due to the Second Italian War of Independence. [10]
The attempted secession of seven Catholic cantons to form an alliance known as the Sonderbund ("separate alliance") in 1845 led to a short civil conflict in November 1847 in which around 100 people were killed. The Sonderbund was decisively defeated by the Protestant cantons, which had a larger population. [48]
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