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Timeline of Switzerland
Founded
Swizerland was founded on August 1 1291
Three valleys in Central Switzerland unite against the counts of Habsburg and fight for autonomy. Cities join the confederacy. They conquer territories in northern and southern Switzerland.(1291-1515)
The Federal Charter
Old Swiss Confederacy
Switzerland's Document of birth was in 1291
Timeline of Switzerland
The Battle of Morgarten occurred on 15 November 1315, when a 1,500-strong force from the Swiss Confederacy ambushed a group of Austrian soldiers of the Holy Roman Empire on the shores of Lake Ägeri near the Morgarten Pass in Switzerland.
Battle at Morgarten
The End!
Lucerne member
Swiss Revolution
Revolution in Switzerland. Farmers in ouccupied territories became free citizens.(1798)
A first stragigetic alliance
with a partner outside the narrow valleys around Lake Lucerne
in 1351.
First city joins the Swiss confederacy in 1332
Zulrich member
Helvetic Republic
Centralistic parlimentary republic according to French model.
(1798-1802)
Switzerland Joins
The United Nations
Finally the electorate can be convinced that Switzerland simply cannot stay outside an organization(United Nations) all other nations are members of.(2002)
Federal State
Now public opinion is ready for a new Federal Constitution, combining elements of the United States Constitution and of French Revolution tradition. The principals of this constitution are still valid today.(1848)
Switzerland is one of the first industrialized countries in Europe.(1750-1900)
Civil war brings Helvitic Repuplic to and end(1803-1815). Frend emperor Napolean enforces a moderately federalist constitution nogociated under his mediation.
Meditaion
Spirtual Defense
Industrialization
Hitler in Germany is soon seen as a danger to Switzerland's independence. Thousand of Jewish refegees are accepted. Socialists and trade unions seek cooperation with liberal employees against fascist threat.
The twenties are not so "roaring" in Europe. Innerconflicts, general strike, and world economical crisises hit the industrialized country hard.(1918-1933)