Wars and conflicts involving Switzerland since the creation of the Old Swiss Confederacy include:
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Old Swiss Confederacy [ edit ]
Growth (1291–1523) [ edit ]
Reformation (1523–1648) [ edit ]
Start
Finish
Name of conflict
Belligerents
Outcome
Allies
Enemies
1529
First War of Kappel
Protestant cantons
Catholic cantons
Unresolved, no actual battles fought
1531
Musso war
Duchy of Milan
Victory
Increased Catholic-Protestant tension, leading to the Second War of Kappel
1531
Second War of Kappel
Catholics:
Protestants:
Catholic cantons victory
Ancien Régime (1648–1798)[ edit ]
Start
Finish
Name of conflict
Belligerents
Outcome
Allies
Enemies
January 1653
June 1653
Swiss peasant war of 1653
Peasant rebels
City governments troops
Military victory of the ruling city councils
1656 and 1712
The First War of Villmergen and the Toggenburg War (or Second War of Villmergen)
Catholic victory in First war, Protestant victory in second.
Napoleonic era and Restoration (1798–1848) [ edit ]
Modern era [ edit ]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
Lists of wars involving European countries
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