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Template: Timeline of the Old Swiss Confederacy. ... Upload file; Special pages ... Get shortened URL; Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable ...
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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.
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 ...
{{Year in Switzerland|2024}} This template is to appear at the top of Year in Switzerland pages. The current form is based on {}. Produce a navigational box on the right side of the page linking to relevant history, timeline, and year articles in the context of Switzerland history.
The Confederation's power and wealth increased significantly, with victories over Charles the Bold of Burgundy during the Burgundian Wars (1474–1477), greatly due to the success of the Swiss mercenaries, a powerful infantry force constituted by professional soldiers originally from the cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy. [6]
The Federal Charter of 1291 is one of the oldest surviving written documents of an alliance between Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden, the founding cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy. It is possible that it was written a few decades later than the given date of 1291, which would put it in the same date range as the pact of Brunnen of 1315.
A treaty of alliance from 1291 between the cantons of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden, the Charter is one of a series of alliances from which the Old Swiss Confederacy emerged. In the 19th and 20th century, after the establishment of the Swiss federal state, the Charter became the central founding document of Switzerland in the popular imagination.