List of wars involving Switzerland

Wars and conflicts involving Switzerland since the creation of the Old Swiss Confederacy include:

Old Swiss Confederacy

Growth (1291–1523)

Start Finish Name of conflict Belligerents Outcome Allies Enemies15 November 1315Battle of Morgarten part of the growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy Old Swiss Confederacy Archduchy of Austria9 July 1386Battle of Sempach part of the growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy Old Swiss Confederacy Archduchy of AustriaDecisive Swiss victory30 June 1422Battle of Arbedo Old Swiss Confederacy Duchy of MilanDefeat: Temporarily discouraged Swiss expansion in the direction of Lake Maggiore2 November 144012 June 1446Old Zürich War Old Swiss ConfederacySwiss Confederation victory14741477Burgundian Wars Old Swiss Confederacy Duchy of LorraineFranco-Swiss victoryJanuary 1499September 1499Swabian War Old Swiss ConfederacySwabian LeagueSwiss Confederation victory Treaty of Basel (1499) Further independence of the Swiss Confederation from the Holy Roman Empire15111516War of the League of CambraiDefeat End of Swiss expansionism, beginning of Swiss neutrality

Reformation (1523–1648)

Start Finish Name of conflict Belligerents Outcome Allies Enemies1529First War of Kappel Civil War of religionsProtestant cantonsCatholic cantonsUnresolved, no actual battles fought1531Musso war Duchy of MilanVictory Increased Catholic-Protestant tension, leading to the Second War of Kappel1531Second War of Kappel Civil War of religionsCatholics:Protestants:Catholic cantons victory

(1648–1798)

Start Finish Name of conflict Belligerents Outcome Allies EnemiesJanuary 1653June 1653Swiss peasant war of 1653 Civil WarPeasant rebelsCity governments troopsMilitary victory of the ruling city councils1656 and 1712The First War of Villmergen and the Toggenburg War (or Second War of Villmergen) Civil Wars of religionCatholic victory in First war, Protestant victory in second.

Napoleonic era and Restoration (1798–1848)

Start Finish Name of conflict Belligerents Outcome Allies Enemies17981799French Revolutionary Wars French invasion of SwitzerlandFrench victory Establishment of the Helvetic Republic17991802War of the Second CoalitionFrench Republican victory1802Stecklikrieg Civil warCollapse of the Helvetic Republic, French Act of Mediation and creation of the Swiss Confederation18061807War of the Fourth CoalitionFrench victory10 April 180914 October 1809War of the Fifth CoalitionFrench victory18131814War of the Sixth CoalitionCoalition Victory20 March 18158 July 1815War of the Seventh CoalitionCoalition victory6 December 18306 December 1830FreiämtersturmFreiämtersturmFreiämtersturm Victory3 November 184729 November 1847Sonderbund War Civil war Swiss Confederation

Appenzell AR

Confederation victory

Modern era

Start Finish Name of conflict Belligerents Outcome Allies Enemies19401945Aerial incidents in Switzerland in World War II Switzerland Downing of multiple allied aircraft by Swiss fighters Bombings on multiple towns U.S. Government paid Swiss $4 million and an additional $14.4 million (in 1944/45 dollars) End of allied and German overflights following the end of World War II19621966Jura conflict Switzerland Union of Bernese-Jurassic Patriots (1962–1964)Swiss victory Swiss Police arrests FLJ members and leader in 1964. Second FLJ created in 1965, but Swiss police also captures them in 1966. Jura becomes a canton in 1979.

See also List of battles involving the Old Swiss Confederacy Military history of Switzerland Swiss Army

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