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The restored Confederacy remained a union of nominally independent states until the formation of Switzerland as a federal state in 1848. Some territorial disputes remained, and were resolved in the 1850s and 1860s. Since then, the territory of Switzerland has remained fixed (with the exception of minor border corrections) by 1863.
1497/1498 Grissons allies with Switzerland, border between Switzerland and Brandis. 1719 Creation of Liechtenstein. Vaduz - Mels. 1436 Inhabitants of Sargans become citizens of Swiss Zürich, border between Switzerland and Brandis. 1719 Creation of Liechtenstein. Vaduz - Buchs. 1485 Swiss Luzern buys Werdenberg, border between Switzerland and ...
In Darkest Alaska: Travel and Empire along the Inside Passage (2008) Chandonnet, Fern. Alaska at War, 1941–1945: The Forgotten War Remembered (2007) Gruening, Ernest (1967). The Battle for Alaska Statehood. University of Alaska Press, Fairbanks. ISBN 0-912006-12-9. Gruening, Ernest (1954). The State of Alaska. Random House, New York. ASIN ...
Between the Alps and a Hard Place: Switzerland in World War II and the Rewriting of History (2000) excerpt and text search; Dawson, William Harbutt. Social Switzerland: Studies of Present-day Social Movements and Legislation (1897) 302 pp; with focus on social and economic history, poverty, labour online; Fahrni, Dieter. An Outline History of ...
1955 April 23 — Italy and Switzerland modify the border in the zone of Lago di Lei [34] 1955 June 27 — The Austrian State Treaty comes into force, establishing an independent Austrian state from the four occupation zones of the Allied powers. 1956 — The Soviet Union returns Porkkala to Finland.
Physical map of Switzerland (in German) Extending across the north and south side of the Alps in west-central Europe, Switzerland encompasses diverse landscapes and climates across its 41,285 square kilometres (15,940 sq mi). [70] Switzerland lies between latitudes 45° and 48° N, and longitudes 5° and 11° E.
Each canton of the Old Swiss Confederacy, formerly also Ort ('lieu/locality', from before 1450), or Stand ('estate', from c. 1550), was a fully sovereign state with its own border controls, army, and currency from at least the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848, with a brief period of ...
Disputed border between the state of Maine and the provinces of New Brunswick and Lower Canada. Aves Island Venezuela Dominica: 1584 2007 Dominica abandoned the claim to the island in 2007, but continues to claim the adjacent seas, as do some neighboring states. Atacama border dispute Bolivia Chile: 1879 1904 Guaíra Falls Brazil Paraguay: 1872 ...