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  2. 6 days agoSwitzerland was formed in 1291 by an alliance of cantons against the Habsburg dynasty—the Confoederatio Helvetica (or Swiss Confederation), from which the abbreviation CH for Switzerland derives—though only in 1848, when a new constitution was adopted, was the present nation formed. Prior to 1848, internal conflict was quite common, but ...
  3. 2 days agoSwitzerland - Alps, Neutrality, Confederation: Switzerland's history is one of a medieval defensive league formed during a time and in an area lacking imperial authority. The different cantons (traditionally called Orte in German) were to a large extent independent states that remained united through the shared defense of liberty, which was understood as the protection of imperial privileges ...
    • Fast Facts

      The French organized Switzerland as the Helvetic Republic in 1798. In 1815 the Congress of Vienna recognized Swiss independence and guaranteed its neutrality. A new federal state was formed in 1848 with Bern as the capital. Switzerland remained neutral in both World War I and World War II and has continued to defend this neutrality.

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      Other articles where history of Switzerland is discussed: Switzerland: History of Switzerland: Switzerland's history is one of a medieval defensive league formed during a time and in an area lacking imperial authority. The different cantons (traditionally called Orte in German) were to a large extent independent states that remained united through the shared defense of…

    • Alps, Neutrality, Banking

      Switzerland - Alps, Neutrality, Banking: The year 1848 was a decisive turning point in Swiss history. Although internal conflict was not wholly eliminated thereafter, it was always settled within the framework of the 1848 federal constitution. The liberals and radicals, who completely dominated the state in the 19th century and remained a leading force into the 21st century, gradually and not ...

    • The Ancien Régime

      Switzerland - Alps, Confederation, Cantons: Switzerland's then biggest town, Basel, became a cultural centre as a result of the Council of Basel (1431-49), the foundation of its university (1460), and its printing industry, which attracted famed Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus, whose Christian philosophy became the heart of humanism in Switzerland.

    • Recent Developments

      Switzerland - Alpine, Multicultural, Neutrality: In the 1990s Switzerland was one of the world's wealthiest and most prosperous countries, and neutrality, still the country's official doctrine, became much more complicated. In 1986 some three-fourths of voters rejected entry into the UN, despite the endorsement of membership by most mainstream politicians.

    • Switzerland

      Switzerland was formed in 1291 by an alliance of cantons against the Habsburg dynasty—the Confoederatio Helvetica (or Swiss Confederation), from which the abbreviation CH for Switzerland derives—though only in 1848, when a new constitution was adopted, was the present nation formed. Prior to 1848, internal conflict was quite common, but ...

  4. The French organized Switzerland as the Helvetic Republic in 1798. In 1815 the Congress of Vienna recognized Swiss independence and guaranteed its neutrality. A new federal state was formed in 1848 with Bern as the capital. Switzerland remained neutral in both World War I and World War II and has continued to defend this neutrality.
  5. Other articles where history of Switzerland is discussed: Switzerland: History of Switzerland: Switzerland's history is one of a medieval defensive league formed during a time and in an area lacking imperial authority. The different cantons (traditionally called Orte in German) were to a large extent independent states that remained united through the shared defense of…
  6. 6 days agoSwitzerland - Alps, Neutrality, Banking: The year 1848 was a decisive turning point in Swiss history. Although internal conflict was not wholly eliminated thereafter, it was always settled within the framework of the 1848 federal constitution. The liberals and radicals, who completely dominated the state in the 19th century and remained a leading force into the 21st century, gradually and not ...
  7. 2 days agoSwitzerland - Confederation, Neutrality, Alps: On the political level the half century spanning from 1798 to 1848 can be considered a lasting crisis of transition. The Mediation Act had disappeared with Napoleon's demise, its place taken by the Federal Pact, which once again established Switzerland as a confederation of sovereign states united only for common defense and the maintenance of ...
  8. 2 days agoSwitzerland - Alps, Confederation, Cantons: Switzerland's then biggest town, Basel, became a cultural centre as a result of the Council of Basel (1431-49), the foundation of its university (1460), and its printing industry, which attracted famed Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus, whose Christian philosophy became the heart of humanism in Switzerland.
  9. 6 days agoSwitzerland - Alps, Neutrality, Confederation: Despite the Swiss Confederation's economic expansion, its political institutions were poorly prepared to meet the forces set loose by the French Revolution: the 13 cantons had no central government; each had its own army; religious antagonisms persisted; the rural cantons were suspicious of the towns; the small cantons were jealous of the larger ...
  10. 6 days agoSwitzerland - Alps, Roman, Helvetii: Caesar Augustus annexed present-day Switzerland to the Roman Empire in 15 bce. The Romans enlarged old Celtic settlements or built new military camps and towns, such as Augusta Raurica (now Augst), on the Rhine east of Basel; Genava, Julia Equestris (Nyon), and Lousonna (Lausanne), on the shores of Lake Geneva; Aventicum (Avenches), near Lake Morat ...
  11. 6 days agoSwitzerland - Alps, Neutrality, Confederation: The expansion of the Swiss Confederation between the Battles of Sempach and Marignano (1515) caught the attention of the European powers. The military strength of the confederation was founded on a militia of young people that was difficult to lead and often practiced blackmail or ravage but that stuck together in danger and developed a successful ...

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